Owen Wilson’s banned action movie is airing on TV tonight

The film also features a big Irish star in one of the lead roles.

The film centres around American businessman Jack Dwyer (Wilson), his wife Annie (Lake Bell) and their two young daughters as they arrive in an unnamed Southeast Asian country to begin a new life.

Jack has moved to the region for work as his company is planning to improve the area's water quality.

Within 24 hours of the Dwyer family's arrival, however, a violent coup breaks out.

"Armed rebels attack the hotel where they're staying, ordered to kill any foreigners that they encounter," the plot synopsis adds.

"Amid utter chaos, Jack must find a way to save himself and his loved ones from the violence erupting all around them."

No Escape Trailer

Brosnan, meanwhile, plays an enigmatic British traveller named Hammond, who crosses paths with Dwyers and may know more about the political uprising than he lets on.

Upon release in 2015, No Escape received mixed reviews but was a box office hit, grossing $54.4 million on a reported $5 million budget. That said, the film did cause some controversy.

The movie never reveals the Southeast Asian country where its story takes place.

No Escape was shot in Thailand; however, a condition of the picture being filmed there was that the thriller never identifies the country as its setting.

The trailers for the movie sparked uproar in Cambodia over the use of upside-down Khmer lettering on police shields in the promo clips.

Khmer is the official language of Cambodia.

Taking great exception to the suggestion that the events of No Escape were taking place in Cambodia, the country's government banned the film from being screened there.

Directed by John Erick Dowdle (As Above So Below, Devil, Quarantine), No Escape is airing on TV tonight on the channel Legend at 9pm.

The thriller is also currently streaming on NOW.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Boston Strangler / My Friend Dahmer - Film4 - 9pm

A double bill of serial killer-focused crime dramas.

The Living Daylights - ITV4 - 9pm

Timothy Dalton's first outing as James Bond.

Virtousity - Legend - 9pm

It's Denzel Washington vs Russell Crowe in this '90s sci-fi action flick.

Sudden Death - Legend - 11.10pm

Jean-Claude Van Damme fights terrorists at a hockey game in this '90s action flick.

The Trust - Legend - 11.10pm

Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage play disgruntled cops who plan a heist in this underrated crime drama.

Denmark - BBC One - 11.25pm

Also known as One Way to Denmark, this 2019 British comedy follows an unhappy Welshman (Rafe Spall) who tries to get arrested in the Nordic country because he hears that convicts there have a higher quality of living.

The Night House - Film4 - 1.25pm

Rebecca Hall stars in this great 2020 horror, playing a widow who discovers a dark secret about the house her recently deceased architect husband built.