Escape Room ★★½ Quote:
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Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
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Escape Room is like a remake of Cube, something which has all the feel of a B-movie maid with a much bigger budget.
It has very impressive production values and there are sequences with palpable tension and dread, but others where it drags as if the director is unsure whether to focus on spectacle or character development, ultimately doing neither.
By the end, it was unfortunate the film moved away from the escape scenes which, in themselves, were exciting and sometimes tense and it was as if there is too much effort being put into setting up a sequel rather than naturally ending the third act.
This is a film with some really good moments, sequences which are physically involving but it can't maintain that suspense and sense of danger over longer periods and eventually becomes silly.