

Escape
Fear a meaningless life, not death itself.
After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a sudden shocking attempt to defect to the South, risking life and limb for the chance to finally determine his own destiny.
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7.3/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6.6M
- Box office
- $13.4M
- Language
- Korean
- desertion
- dmz
- north korean defector
- korean army
- inter-korean relations
- north korean
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)5 Jul 2024
United KingdomGB
- Premiere London East Asia Film Festival23 Oct 2024
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+18 Jul 2024
- PhysicalMA 15+5 Nov 2025
CanadaCA
- Theatrical5 Jul 2024
BelgiumBE
- PremiereKorean Film Festival Belgium27 Sept 2024
FranceFR
- PremiereKorean Film Festival in Paris1 Nov 2024
Hong KongHK
- PremiereIIBHong Kong Asian Film Festival19 Oct 2024
- Digital / OTT1 Nov 2024
IndonesiaID
- Theatrical10 Jul 2024
ItalyIT
- PremiereFlorence Korea Film Fest20 Mar 2025
JapanJP
- TheatricalG20 Jun 2025
PhilippinesPH
- Digital / OTTNetflix4 Nov 2024
PolandPL
- PremiereWarsaw Korean Film Festival6 Oct 2024
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Escape was released on 3 July 2024.
Audience reviews
1- M7/10
MovieGuys
9/6/2024
Having seen the trailers for Escape I looked forward to this film but somehow, it didn't quite live up, to my expectations. On the upside there is a lot of decent action and characterisations. The two main protagonists, the soldier trying to defect to the South and the North Korean senior officer, pursing him, are well rendered and inherently interesting. That said, Escape fails to bring things together in a…
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