Escaping Paradise

From the beautiful well crafted opening with an witty comedy to the story and the characters themselves - not to mention the out of this world aesthetic to the genre - Escaping Paradise is set to become something we didn't know that action could be. We're only these episodes in and this movie continues to stun me. Brace yourselves, you're in for a hell of a ride. This is top of the tops, crime to crime entertainment.

I'm speaking as someone who's never watched this kind of action in island and as this is how I went about every title I've ever watched.

I'm hyping the hell out of this movie because that's the impression it left on me. And hey, I've just come out of rewatching all of escaping island movie in anticipation of next, and somehow Escaping Paradise is able to entice my heart with even more emotion

We should all just be glad that we can sit down and revel on these title's as we're currently living in the golden age of action movie.

Set in Cebu, an exotic island, it is an action thriller that changes at once into a thriller where you have to risk your life to escape from a sweet couple destination.

What would you do if you found out about someone's crime? Of course, we should be able to find out the crime. But what if it threatens me and my family? Also, what if something that happened in the daytime and went back home after leaving the travel destination has nothing to do with me? So we're gonna find out about the crime?

The movie features an ordinary but just couple. He dreams of a pleasant and happy trip, but he accidentally finds out about the crime and tries to reveal the truth, but his life is threatened by it.

Don't get tricked by the clearly bogus high reviews. It goes to show you how little faith the filmmakers have in their own production to resort to such blatant tactics to try and deceive their potential audience. This was so bad, if there was a listing for C-films, this would still be at the bottom of the list. The bogus high reviews are way more entertaining than this wannabe action thriller.

It's shocking this mess was directed by someone who apparently has 24 previous directorial credits. Director Paul Tanter couldn't even direct his cast properly. Then you have Deji LaRay as Floyd, who cast himself as the lead, produced and wrote this nonsense, that was riddled with plot and technical issues. A few examples: His wife gets kidnapped, but he sits down for a nice dinner laughing and eating with all these people, THEN finally gets his bullet-hole wound simply bandaged over after he's done chatting and eating. The next day, he uses a long very noticeable orange canoe and apparently sneaks onto a small touring boat in broad daylight and no one sees him approaching or boarding the boat. Seriously? The lack of common sense and realism in this film is astounding.

There is absolutely nothing redeemable about this sloppy nonsense. The directing was terrible and lacked any urgency. Even at a mere 90 mins runtime, with the slow pacing and long dragged out and mostly unnecessary scenes, this felt like a never ending nightmare. The writing was cliched and generic, with a story that's been done thousands of times before, and every one of them done much better than this. A fifth grade drama class can write, direct and produce a better school play.

LaRay cast himself as some tough-guy soldier, yet had zero combat skills or tactics, and couldn't even hold or use a gun properly. The action and fight scenes are hilariously bad. Clearly this film was a failed attempt at a vanity project for LaRay trying to make himself look like some action hero. His acting was laughably bad and unconvincing, as was everyone else's - only partial blame can go to bad cast direction. Only Simon Phillips was anywhere close to any sort of convincing character. Listed as an action thriller, there's zero thrills and any action is hilariously bad, so this nonsense should've been listed as a comedy.

I've reviewed over 1,700 films and rated over 3,000, and this mess is on my top ten worst films of all time. I hope it gets nominated for a Razzie award, it certainly qualifies.

Grab your favorite drink, whether it's a cold beer or a refreshing cocktail and just enjoy it!

I usually watch a lot of crime films, and the quality of this movie was quite good! I didn't feel any awkward action scenes or camera movements, and the lighthearted moments were genuinely lighthearted. The story progressed in a way that viewers could easily accept and find plausible.

When it comes to storylines, the couple faces moral dilemmas and challenges that push the boundaries of their values, forcing them to confront their deepest convictions. These underlying themes provide a thought-provoking layer that elevates the film beyond mere entertainment.

Average man beats the bad guy.

With so many crimes taking place in the real world, the movie about an ordinary man who pursues justice fighting a bad guy and winning may be more of a fantasy.

The film has a simple but definite 'pleasure' that simple but ordinary justice punishes the bad guy.

A couple who dreamed of a sweet trip to exotic Ireland meet a kind but somewhat reluctant man. He brags about his wealth and looks down on those who don't have it. Violence, drugs, and even murder.

Audiences want such a clear 'bad guy' to be punished, and this movie does it.

It's a very exhilarating movie, and it's just the right movie to enjoy for killing time.