iamrioto Escape room is not a good movie but i have seen worst. With some tweaks it could have been a tad better. The characters are shallow and unlikeable. I got a serious problem with one of the puzzle which only could be solved with very specific knowledge. The movie overall suffers from illogical choices made by the director / script writer so dont waste time on this movie and watch something good.

trelloskilos-1 Interesting premise, and yes, this is a rip-off of Saw/Jigsaw, but not very well-executed.Firstly, there is very little character development. The puzzles themselves are fairly clever, but not really explained and no-trial and error, the villain is almost non-existent, and the acting is gruelling. Starts off with a completely unrelated character dying at the hands of a puzzle. No rationale at all as to what he was supposed to do, or why. Next, a bunch of pretentious 'hipster' friends are introduced at a birthday party in a swanky restaurant. 6 characters go to the escape room, one character goes off and does something else....and that is her only role in the movie. Not one of the remaining characters gives the viewer any reason to root for them. They all appear to be uppity and plastic. Not one has any good or even bad quality. They're all just lame. Fast forward to the actual escape room. There are a few neat puzzles that probably would be good in a real escape room, but some too far-fetched or impossible. A few puzzles are solved by some crazy leaps of logic by the group (padlock combination 'HEAD"? really?), and while the viewer is partly engaged on some level in the solving process, but the solutions are glossed over, with zero exposition. The movie ambles along like this until the final 20 minutes, then it seems to actually realise it needs to end. Everything is rushed, and loads of loose ends are left. ...and at no point do we get to see the protagonist, or have a good reason for the murderous setup. At least in Saw, we had a villain, a few people who we either rooted for, or despised, some gruesomely cunning contraptions and a few twists, no matter how hokey or contrived they might have been. This film has very dreary lackluster characters with little interplay between them, and an almost-absent villain, with no raison d'etre. There are several better ways to have dealt with this movie, or how to end effectively. For a start, at the beginning of the 'Game' itself, the main guy tries the exit door. It opens. He flicks a switch on, and suddenly the door is locked. How about having a revelation later on that he could have unlocked the door again simply by switching off the light? - What about making more of a statement about the hipsters' derision of the homeless, or the caged girl being revealed as the 'protagonist', because her boyfriend cheated on her....clued in to the line of "I never cheat' while they are in the limo?

Adrian Fernando As the title of the movie suggests and the boxart hint at, the movie is about a group of friends who participate in an Escape Room, an activity where a person/people are tasked with solving a series of puzzles before the time limit runs out. Of course, it turns deadly, but not any more interesting or thrilling.As I mentioned, this has Saw rip-off written all over it. That doesn't automatically disqualify it from being good. It's nowhere near as bad as anything from the Asylum or Video Brinquedo, but it's hardly up to snuff. The characters aren't cliched, in fact they don't have any real characteristics. There are only two in the cast with any actual acting chops,were Annabelle Stephenson who plays a decent ice queen and Evan William's smart guy who slowly becomes more unraveled. Not at all Oscar-worthy performances, but not really Razzie material, either. There is some decent gore in the few scenes that it actually happens, but that's really all the movie has going for it. The games don't even have the philosophical weight or complexity to them like the Saw movies. It's worth a watch and it's mercifully short, 80 minutes.

linda-88544 This may be the worst movie I have ever seen. First 30 minutes a combination of drone shots of LA and voice memo piece and group of C actresses and actors acting to be the lamest group of friends. Than 20 minutes of boring shots of them seperatly in an escape room, 10 minutes of micro excitement, last 15 minutes run up to a suck a dick ending, leaving you with flabbergesting thoughts of what the hell did I watch and wasted my time with.Trust me when I say this movie is a shame and should be forbidden for people to spent money on!