An exercise in suspense that lacks the tension needed to properly see itself through, "No Exit" is a thriller where the thrills all manage to slip out the door early, like they have somewhere better to be.
Havana Rose Liu is Darby, a college student with plenty on her plate before the action of the story kicks in. She's in a rehab facility trying to kick her drug addiction — it's her seventh attempt at sobriety — when she gets a phone call telling her that her mother is sick. Darby might not get another chance to see her alive, so she breaks out of the treatment center in an attempt to drive all night and make it from Sacramento to Salt Lake City to be by her mother's side.
Except there's a severe snowstorm and the roads are closed, and Darby's only option is to wait out the weather at a rest stop, where several others are already holed up.
