Film Watchin Fool Why You Might Like It: It is a fairly straightforward action-drama if that is what you are looking for. There is plenty of action, explosions, shootouts throughout and they are on par for the time the movie was made. It does feature Russell Crowe as the lead and a few other recognizable actors that do a solid job as well. Overall, it isn't going to go down as one of the best action movies out there, but it does manage to be entertaining.Why You Might Not Like It: This movie has quite a few holes in it and lacks realism on many levels. If those things bother you, then I would find another more realistic movie in this genre. The acting is bad in spots and the movie doesn't offer much outside of some over the top action. Again, the story and plot are fairly weak and there are many better movies in this genre.Acting/Casting: 5.5* Directing/Cinematography/Technical: 6*Plot/Characters: 5.5* Entertainment Value: 6* Total - 5.5+6+5+6 = 22.5/4 = 5.625 - Very Mediocre

K_Todorov "No Way Back" is your typical generic action movie. With it's typical generic plot, it's typical generic clichés and it's typical generic run of the book characters. I wasn't really expecting anything great on account on any of these things, but what I wanted to see was some good action and yet it failed even there.There is really only one scene that could actually be worth seeing again and that is the shootout in the beginning. It lasted for about a minute, but it was nicely choreographed, with some relatively good use of slow motion and gun play. Leaving a good first impression. Sadly it does not last long as the movie apparently ran out of budget after that scene was shot and everything went down hill from then on. With some atrocious over the top acting, incredibly annoying female lead and a weak attempt at creating dramatic tension and development between characters. I understand that the filmmakers were running on a tight budget. But they could have at least tried to hide that fact. There are actually several moments when the main character is conversing with his superior in the FBI headquarters, and well it looked like they were shot in some abandoned warehouse. Problems don't stop there though. The movie's what could've been only redeeming factor namely the action scenes besides the one I've spoken of earlier aren't really all that good. It's like two completely different people directed them, with the quality of the latter ones being on the same level as a Dolph Lundgren film.Going in to plot details is unnecessary because chances are you've heard all of this before and seen all of this before done in about half the action movies released in the last 20 years.Besides it's decent beginning there isn't really anything entertaining in "No Way Back". A waste of time .

toubabs If you are interested by Russell Crowe's career , you cannot miss this movie ! I find the relationship between Zack and his son Eric is particularly interesting and very touching !

nekonosekai If you`re a fan of Toyokawa Etsushi, as I am, then fast forward over all the scenes that he isn`t in.(And enjoy the closeup of his gorgeous hands when he`s looking for a weapon in the airplane toilet.) Even most of the scenes that he *is* in are stupid. Russell Crowe fans will probably say the same thing about their man.