Why so much hype?

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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.

I can only guess they didn't have enough money to shoot everything in the script as it felt like watching one of these kind of films with a dozen or so scenes edited out.The production values, photography and sets were pretty good for this but largely it seemed the writing let this film down.I watched all the way through expecting a plot of some kind to develop but it never really did.Early on a character is introduced and a big thing is made of them leaving, we never see or hear from them again, okay a red herring perhaps, but what spend five minutes of the film on it. Things go along pretty much in this fashion until the end credits.The puzzles were mostly not very puzzle like and the fact that the characters guessed and solved what some of them were at all didn't seem very realistic at all other than it being the only way to move the film along.The ending left several loose ends and was ultimately completely unfulfilling.

And we always as horror geeks are confronted with flicks that pick in on major succes flicks. Jigsaw (2017) was a hit so here it is, the rip-off Escape Room. Dace it, there isn't a freak in it like jigsaw but it's the same story without him, try to escape the room.The opening scene in the desert said enough for me, way too long. And that's what this flick does. Almost all scene's are to long. At the shop, way too long. So 40 minutes into the flick it's the moment the terror comes in. And I was thinking, please die because I never got a bond with the characters. They do talk about some classic horror flicks and that was the best in this turkey. Just watch some points in this flick. They are all scared of a guy in the room but he doesn't move, when he does move no-one cares, really?? I wish the door would open en jigsaw came in, do I need to say more? Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 1/5 Comedy 0/5

The trailer captivates the possible viewers, but the actually movie sucks.. Lack of story, of good script and so on. i want my money back!