Exit Plan

Not even the indisputable charisma of 'Game of Thrones' star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will get you through this Danish downer about a hotel for suicides. Even if you're watching at home, you'll be running for the exits.

There is real potential in this premise, and a few flickers of genuine artfulness, but the storytelling is frustratingly abstruse, making for an "Exit Plan" that's a real missed opportunity.

A starkly beautiful film...

Coster-Waldau commits to his dull character sufficiently to be, well, dull.

A movie that's ultimately a little too polite and vague to make much of its intriguing premise.

Exit Plan plays like an existential thriller that unfortunately lacks both philosophical depth and thrills.

Exit Plan perfectly balances the suspense of a thriller while asking deep questions about how we die. If the topics are not too heavy, Exit Plan is enjoyable and thought-provoking.

The morose atmosphere drags the film down even more when the movie is already boring and aimless. [Main character] Max wants to be put out of his misery. Viewers of Exit Plan will feel another kind of misery from watching this film.

With its somewhat plodding pace and shifting timelines, Exit Plan can be hard to follow, but this hallucinogenic, slow-burn thriller is worth following.

Though impeccable in its audio-visual executions, Exit Plan sits too much on the fence of such an essential and contemporary taboo.