Directed by Shen Ao (No More Bets and Dead to Rights), Escape from the Outland is inspired by the true story of hostages who fought for survival. The film follows a Chinese journalist, his doctor wife, and an engineer who are kidnapped by a terrorist group amid sudden chaos in a war-torn region. Trapped with a fellow businessman, they endure 105 days of terror and defiance, risking everything in a desperate bid to escape their captors.