plot synopsis represent sam and a convicted bank robber and be free when the prison bus he be on be hijack . on the run from the law and he come to the aid of a woman and her two child who be be pressure to sell their land to corrupt developer . nowhere to run be one of the numerous film feature belgian martial art legend jean claude van damme . the film and like many of van damme work and do not rank too highly when it come to thing like act and script or even direction . director robert harmon and who helm the excellent the hitcher and manages to keep thing from go out of control . the script be simplistic and border on clichés the good guy convict and the embattled single mother and the shady developer and even the corrupt sheriff . a usual and van damme make a meal out of his role and while the two kid should have be teach a serious lesson on not to talk to stranger . joss ackland and ted levine play the villain quite well .