Escape Room

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. (02/07/2019)

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. (07/30/2019)

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. (02/12/2019)

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. (10/16/2019)

I can’t believe so many people settled for this watered-down mix of Saw, Cube, and who knows what else. It’s bland and brainless, gradually turning into an even thinner and more stale mess. By the final third, I’d completely checked out, and the ending wasn’t even worth a scornful laugh. Enjoy the inevitable slew of sequels without me. (05/01/2020)