No Exit is a 1995 Canadian action film directed by Damian Lee, starring Jeff Wincott, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Richard Fitzpatrick, Joseph Di Mambro and Guylaine St-Onge.
Armstrong broadcasts his show, called No Exit, via closed-circuit television to high rollers who rent his proprietary signal de-scrambler for $1 million, and guarantees a deadly outcome for the loser.
Under the watchful eye of Armstrong's right-hand man Tayback, Stoneman meets the other contestants, including the sympathetic Aaron "Doc" Smithers, a former football player who has been assigned to the complex's infirmary.
The film was the penultimate in a series of four Wincott vehicles produced and directed by Damian Lee, shortly after The Donor and Law of the Jungle, and before When the Bullet Hits the Bone.
But even diehard Wincott followers won't be fooled by the conspicuously shallow intercutting of flashbacks and flash-forwards, all leading to the same bloody conclusion: might makes right.
[13] In his opus The American Martial Arts Film, M. Ray Lott called the fights "extremely well choreographed, with the northern tundra serving as a backdrop for the combat, and a metaphor for the hopelessness of the fighters trapped in this endless cycle of violence.
The soundtrack also features several catalogue tracks, such as the Red Rider instrumental "Saved by the Dawn" and "Songs about Peace" by Hunter/Greer, the composer's then current project with former Refugee vocalist Myles Hunter.