The Escape is a 2016 American short action film produced by BMW to promote the car manufacturer's 2017 5 Series. It was directed and co-written by Neill Blomkamp, and stars Clive Owen, Jon Bernthal, Dakota Fanning, and Vera Farmiga. The film, which continues the plot of BMW's series of adverts titled The Hire, was posted on BMW USA's YouTube channel on October 23, 2016. The short was filmed over the course of one-and-a-half months during summer of 2016 in Toronto, Ontario. Visual effects were completed in September 2016, ready for release the following month.