![]() Sadly, the plot threads never come together, but there is indeed a connection. As it turns out, she leaves early in order to participate in a risqué party of some sort, and I was wondering at the end if perhaps she had something to do with the sinister events. There is another character, Hadlee, unable to attend the escape room adventure. Why are the participants chosen? What’s the end game? Why is he doing this? It’s something I wanted the film to explore. It sets up a universe not unlike SAW, featuring a master manipulator playing with peoples’ lives seemingly for his own pleasure. Kudos to the director and writer for this. The established plot threads from the beginning of the movie are not followed through on - which is frustrating - and few answers are provided. It’s a great concept - escape rooms are all the rage right now - but it’s a short movie and the script falls apart at the end. The traps aren’t as deadly, but people in the escape room die, and painfully. Once there, they’re forced to use their wits in order to escape, or they die. Has one of his friends arranged this? Is it because of the cheating? Or is it something different altogether? Is Tyler going to get what’s coming to him … or will his intelligence save him?ĭuring the expensive evening out, they get trapped in a deadly escape room, but the price to play is more than just money. He is also a callous snob, evidence perhaps that the script has something horrible in store for him. Also established is Tyler’s intelligence (he calculates the bill to the cent without much thought) and it’s a good setup to the film. The relationships are established well enough during dinner at the beginning of the film. Also accompanying them are Conrad and Tabby, two characters whose soul purpose is to fool around with each other while the events unfold around them. Johnson), who seems oblivious to the cheating. ![]() Natasha, however, is married to Anderson (Dan J. She’s arranged the escape room as a birthday present for Tyler, who happens to be cheating on her with Natasha (Annabelle Stephenson). I wonder if perhaps the movie did have a bit more to it that ended up on a cutting room floor … ? The StoryĬhristen (Elizabeth Hower) plays the beautiful girlfriend of Tyler (Evan Williams). So I did enjoy it … but I just wish that the filmmakers had followed through on some fascinating threads established in the prologue and title sequence. ESCAPE ROOM is a strangely compelling film, which I sat through and didn’t once think about switching off or walking away from. In this way it’s similar to TRUTH OR DARE, which I reviewed here. The production values are great, the actors are young and beautiful, the film is fast paced and it’s interesting to see them thrust into a deadly situation where their lives are at stake. Part of the draw of the movie was watching these wealthy millenials being put through hell, but the movie fell apart about halfway through and never fully recovered. How wealthy are they? The price of the escape room in question is a thousand dollars per person, and one of the characters pays the entire bill to participate (for six people) and has no qualms doing so. It’s an 80 minute horror/suspense film about a group of twenty-somethings who clearly inhabit the upper crust of society. ![]() It took me a little bit to decide whether I wanted to write this review or not.ĮSCAPE ROOM (2017) is a compelling but flawed movie. The ending is a little long but opens the doors to a possible sequel.Starring: Evan Williams, Elizabeth Hower, Annabelle Stephenson, Dan J. The story throws up suspicion at every encounter, which keeps you guessing at who might be pulling the strings on this eccentric Escape Room. This gives this movie a bit more depth of story than others on this list. The puzzles and rooms are clever and as we discover through the movie, very much intended for these characters. Establishing the last seconds of quick thinking when solving an escape room, it makes this film seem a lot like ‘Saw,’ however the traps/ rooms are not as gruesome – just more intriguing. The movie starts dramatically, echoing a previous film on our escape room list (Fermat’s Room). The characters consist of traditional tropes the know it all, the enthusiast, the timid one, the one who hates everyone, the comedian, all finding themselves trapped in a deadly game. Six strangers are called to action via an intriguing cube invitation to win at an Escape Room for a money reward.
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