No Escape (and that's not a family Christmas)...I wasn't quite sure what I was letting myself in for as we stumbled across this while trying to recover for Christmas excesses by lying on the sofa! Don't be quick to judge I should remind myself. Two English girls, brought up in care, do a 'runner' from rainy old 'Blighty' after Christmas lunch turns turkey. They find themselves in the Philippines (although this is shot in Thailand I think), and having find themselves on a nice (if a bit old) yacht, falling in with a couple of Aussies, a German and an American who're lucky enough to be cruising the islands...but all is not quite as it seems and the plot quickly picks up pace. Who can you trust when there's a lot of cash to be had, and where's it come from? The locations are good, the acting is good, and the story is pretty good. It may sound formulaic (I think Chaucer may have been some of the source material - think avarice) but it's delivered with pace, tension and intrigue. We binged this in two sittings and really enjoyed this Anglo (Aussie/Thai I'm guessing) production.
