![]() Though it's refreshing to see a horror/thriller with a black female lead, the film falls into other problematic tropes like killing a person of color first. It's simply an amalgamation of other stronger ideas and it never manages to become more than the sum of its parts. However, where Escape Room falters is that it offers up nothing new. Deborah Ann Woll is really doing her best audition for the next Terminator movie here too, giving nothing less than action star as she clambers around the surreal set piece. The inverted bar sequence is easily the film's highlight as the cast crawl around the set whilst the ceiling/floor falls away beneath them revealing a 20-story drop. Escape Room's visuals elevate it above expectations of how a movie that cost $10 million dollars can look. These include: a reception area that turns into a giant oven a snowy vista complete with mountains and ice fishing and most impressive of all, a brilliant practical set depicting an upside down pool bar. present more and more outrageous set pieces. Play Shockingly, the crew gets trapped in the escape room almost immediately and from there on in it's all out chaos as Robitel and co. ![]() The group is rounded out by Deborah Ann Woll's PTSD suffering vet, and the breakout star of the film, Taylor Russell, who brings the shy but blisteringly intelligent Zoey to life with a charm and energy that immediately makes her the center of the group. Tyler Labine plays Mike, a blue collar trucker who appears to also be the comic relief. They're joined by video game geek Danny (played by Nik Dodani), who has a criminally short amount of screen time. All the archetypes are covered here from Jay Ellis' cutthroat businessman Jason to Logan Miller's stoner burnout Ben. ![]() John Carey and Brian Tyler's soundtrack really adds to the mid '00s vibe with every possible moment filled with pulsing electronic music which - along with the conceit - immediately makes you feel like you're watching a horror film from at least ten years ago. ![]() None of them seem to question this inexplicable situation and we even get a pretty hilarious electro-scored puzzle-solving montage as they each try to open the Hellraiser-style puzzle boxes which have been sent to them in lieu of traditional invites. Play Escape Room centers around a group of lost and lonely souls who are all invited to a mysterious. ![]()
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