Escape Room
Escape Room
Escape Room
Directed by:
Adam RobitelCinematography:
Marc SpicerCast:
Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Deborah Ann Woll, Nik Dodani, Yorick van Wageningen, Jessica Sutton, Kenneth Fok, Jamie-Lee Money (more)VOD (4)
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Adam Robitel directs this horror thriller starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller and Deborah Ann Woll. Six strangers receive an unexpected invitation to play an escape room with the chance of winning a large sum of money. As they sit around waiting for the game to start, they realise that the clock has already begun counting down their remaining time. When the tasks get increasingly more dangerous however, their motives change from playing to win to playing to save their lives. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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A likeable clone of Saw and Cube benefiting above all from the current boom in escape games. It's consumerist entertainment in every sense, skimming the surface for the entire running time, but that's more than enough. Plus, it's very suspenseful, and if you've ever actually played an escape game, you'll probably enjoy the whole thing a little more. The quest rooms are well thought out, the actors are decent, the craftsmanship is top notch. I'd go for a sequel in a heartbeat.
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Barely three stars. Escape Room is an unnecessary soft variation on Saw without all of the blood and
sadism. Conceptually, it is completely same, with uninteresting characters and an even less
interesting wannabe Jigsaw. Nothing in the movie irritated me. The filmmaking is alright, but I found
nothing in it that was surprising or particularly pleasing. An unambitious throwaway movie for
teenagers.
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At the first glance it looks like someone copied from Saw and Cube. With the only difference being that at the time those movies were made, nobody knew what an “escape room” was. And I must say that I liked it. Not as a horror, but rather as a thriller. I was enjoying myself. Maybe because I’ve never been to any escape rooms. And after this movie I will think twice about going.
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I've always enjoyed these variations on Saw and Cube, so I appreciate each new addition. The characters are likeable, they behave rationally and you care about them, which is the most important thing in films like this. The lack of gore doesn't matter at all in the end, because there wasn't even room for it. Rather than a horror film, Escape Room is closer to a thriller, but it still manages to build tension in abundance. Technically perfect, all the rooms are used to their full potential, and the ending didn't disappoint me – solid and perfect cinema entertainment. The only minus for me was putting the last scene at the beginning,which slightly spoils the surprise. Adam Robitel just keeps getting better and better. 75%.
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I’m not sure if I managed to figure out all the films that this film rips off, but off the top of my head it’s: Cube, Saw, Final Destination and House of 9. The result was that I felt like I had already seen every bit of the film before. It did not impress or surprise me and I basically consider it a pointless effort.
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