So I did enjoy it … but I just wish that the filmmakers had followed through on some fascinating threads established in the prologue and title sequence. ESCAPE ROOM is a strangely compelling film, which I sat through and didn’t once think about switching off or walking away from. In this way it’s similar to TRUTH OR DARE, which I reviewed here. The production values are great, the actors are young and beautiful, the film is fast paced and it’s interesting to see them thrust into a deadly situation where their lives are at stake. Part of the draw of the movie was watching these wealthy millenials being put through hell, but the movie fell apart about halfway through and never fully recovered. How wealthy are they? The price of the escape room in question is a thousand dollars per person, and one of the characters pays the entire bill to participate (for six people) and has no qualms doing so. It’s an 80 minute horror/suspense film about a group of twenty-somethings who clearly inhabit the upper crust of society. It took me a little bit to decide whether I wanted to write this review or not.ĮSCAPE ROOM (2017) is a compelling but flawed movie. Starring: Evan Williams, Elizabeth Hower, Annabelle Stephenson, Dan J.
