Escape Room starts with an idea as simple as it is appealing: several strangers trapped in rooms that seem impossible to overcome. It doesn’t bring anything new to the genre, but it manages to hook the viewer thanks to a fast pace and settings that, at times, surprise with their ingenuity.
The film is most enjoyable in its first half, when each room becomes a new challenge full of tension and details that keep the audience engaged. That’s where the movie works best as a pastime: fast, with well-timed scares and clever enough not to bore.
The problem comes when the script tries to be more ambitious than necessary. The twists are predictable, the characters feel too archetypal, and the final resolution doesn’t live up to what was promised. There’s a clear obsession with laying the groundwork for a possible sequel, which weakens the ending.
Even with those shortcomings, Escape Room delivers on what it promises: a light thriller that entertains while it lasts, even if it’s quickly forgotten once you leave the theater. A film that doesn’t aspire to more than providing a moment of tension, and in that sense, it succeeds.
so so good!! the ending let’s it down though, it focuses too much on setting up the sequel instead of focusing on itself. other than that it’s genuinely very good!
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