![]() ![]() The clue near the puzzle tells him to “follow the light to greener pastures” which is meant to direct him to a green book on one of the shelves that is lit by the light once it’s knocked over by the wall. ![]() Ben spots a puzzle on the other side of the room just as the walls begin to start closing in. The film opens up with Ben falling into a nice room filled with antiques and a fireplace, the sort of room someone would call a study or a reading room. The next day Jason was found by the coast guard and his friend was found dead out at sea.įrom left to right: Danny, Mike, Ben, Amanda, Douche Jason His roommate became so confused he attacked Jason and then swam out to sea thinking he could see help. As the temperature dropped, hypothermia began to set in and there was only one red jacket between them. Jason (played by Jay Ellis) aka Just the Absolute Worst: A successful day trader who during college went out on a boat with his roommate and got stuck out at sea after their boat capsized. His story is a bit more tragic as he was able to hear his brother next to him dying while they were both buried and unable to move.ĭanny Khan (played by Nik Dodani) aka The Exposition: an escape room enthusiast who as a child survived carbon monoxide poisoning in his home that killed the rest of his family Mike Nolan (played by Tyler Labine) aka The Overly Positive Nice Guy: Was a miner in West Virginia with 11 others including his younger brother when the mine collapsed and you guessed it, everyone died except him. She suffered third-degree burns on her back and neck and has post-traumatic stress from the experience. Lieutenant Amanda Harper (played by Deborah Ann Woll) aka the Badass with a bad past: Is an Iraq war vet who survived an IED blast that killed everyone in her Humvee except her. As they were singing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (this will be important, trust me) they crashed killing everyone on board except Ben. He and four of his friends went out for a joyride during the Christmas break while drunk. ![]() Everyone onboard died except for her and it took the authorities a week to find her.īen (played by Logan Miller) aka the Redemption Arc: Years prior to the film he was the first of his friends to get a car. Zoey Davis (played by Taylor Russell) aka Main Character: Years prior to the start of the film she was backpacking with her mother in Vietnam when their plane went down. To make this easier we’re going to list out the 6 characters who have to go through the escape rooms and their background since the puzzles in the room are based on their pasts: In fact, halfway through I had to stop and double-check this movie was considered horror because it felt more like an action adventure, that doesn’t make the movie bad, just a not a spooky time movie. I didn’t even have to look behind me at all. Absolutely no horror/terror/screaming was experienced. If a four-piece children’s wooden puzzle is like a bad horror movie and a Sudoku puzzle book is a good horror movie, then Escape Room is a Word search book that when opened is actually a book of random facts. Six strangers are offered the chance to solve a series of escape rooms with a grand prize of $10,000 but they quickly discover the game is for keeps as the rooms have fatal traps for those that don’t escape. At 95 minutes long it manages to fit a lot of story in a short amount of time but not much horror. ![]() Today we’re looking at 2019’s self-described psychological horror Escape Room. I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic. ![]()
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