Escape Room - A Thought About Good Psychological Thrillers?

Escape Room originally released on the 4th of January in the United States, is a 1 hour, 40 minutes horror/sci-fi film. It was directed by Adam Robitel and distributed by Sony Pictures.

And we move to a brief summary of the film. Six somewhat frustrated strangers from all works of life are offered what looks like the chance of a lifetime. Complete a series of puzzles to win $10,000. And so these six strangers travel to a mysterious building to experience the escape room. It starts out all fun and seemingly innocent, but soon enough, the escape room which should have been just games becomes a living nightmarish tale. Can they escape this sadistic game with their lives intact?

So, let me start by saying that when I watched the trailer of this film, it left Nothing much to be desired. It felt like a watered down version of Cube and a too-familiar storyline, so I was kind of put off till a somewhat boring day, when I happened to watch it with my family.

I liked the fact that they gave a little insight into the lives of the six people that participated in the escape room game. I guess they wanted us to know just how their lives were and why they saw this choice as the best opportunity for them. Of course, they didn’t know what was waiting. I loved how they worked together to solve the puzzles. It was clever and I was captivated by it, especially since the film makers shifted the narrative from different participants and how they meet their gruesome death to the value of out-of-the-box thinking and team work.

The script writing was also quite solid and enjoyable. It kind of made sense why the PG-13 approach was incorporated. I dislike the excessive gore in horror genres and I do not feel it would have added much to this movie anyway. The deaths were quite gruesome and nearly traumatizing, so you don’t need to worry if you’re the kind that is into sensational deaths. The puzzles themselves were well thought out and put together and I kept imagining how I would have tackled it if I were in that situation. Genius work, if you ask me.

The suspense and elements of surprise incorporated in the film did a lot for me. It helped to keep things lively so even when the movie became a bit predictable, it was done in a way that wasn’t bizarre or make you roll your eyes.

Only downside to this film for me was when I realized at the end that they were gearing in for a sequel when everything could have been wrapped up nicely. We already knew the behind the scenes at this point, so I didn’t think there was a need for a sequel. The sequel was out two years later and I haven’t seen that yet. If you have, you can tell me whether it’s worth a watch. But this first part on its own, played its role excellently.

Hope you enjoyed this. Have you seen the film, Escape Room?