<P> The film was approved for release in Thailand after the film - makers agreed not to identify the country where it was filmed or to portray it negatively . In an interview for the Straits Times , co-writer Drew Dowdle explained `` We were very careful not to make it Thailand in the movie , so there was no Thai language used ... None of the signage is Thai and most of the language that the native population is speaking is a combination of Laotian , hill - tribe languages and other languages . '' The film - makers were also instructed not to use images of the Thai monarchy and to `` never show the king or the colour yellow because that 's the colour of the king '' . Director John Dowdle added that they were also told `` no Buddhas ... do n't do anything bad in front of a Buddha . '' However , during the second half of the film , the Thai language was spoken by the actor portraying the caretaker of the Buddhist Shrine garden and the actors portraying the rebels . </P>
<P> The film was approved for release in Thailand after the film - makers agreed not to identify the country where it was filmed or to portray it negatively . In an interview for the Straits Times , co-writer Drew Dowdle explained `` We were very careful not to make it Thailand in the movie , so there was no Thai language used ... None of the signage is Thai and most of the language that the native population is speaking is a combination of Laotian , hill - tribe languages and other languages . '' The film - makers were also instructed not to use images of the Thai monarchy and to `` never show the king or the colour yellow because that 's the colour of the king '' . Director John Dowdle added that they were also told `` no Buddhas ... do n't do anything bad in front of a Buddha . '' However , during the second half of the film , the Thai language was spoken by the actor portraying the caretaker of the Buddhist Shrine garden and the actors portraying the rebels . </P>
what language are they speaking in no escape
what language are they speaking in no escape
a combination of Laotian , hill - tribe languages and other languages Thai
a combination of Laotian , hill - tribe languages and other languages Thai