When the group is in the first room, the heaters and lights come on with reds, oranges, and yellows brightening the screen and making every prop and person look these fiery colors. There are basically two types of color palettes in the film, one being an icy cool theme of grays, blues, and silvers, and the other being a much warmer setting, rife with primary colors. This is great looking digital video presentation from Sony Pictures that has a wealth of color, style, and detail. There is an insert for the digital download codes as well.Įscape Room comes with a 1080p HD transfer and is presented in 2.40:1 aspect ratio. Both discs are housed in a hard, blue plastic case with a cardboard sleeve. Escape Room won't blow you away by any means, but you'll probably have fun with it.Įscape Roomcomes with a 1080p HD Blu-ray Disc and a DVD copy of the film. The film is PG-13, which means there isn't a lot of gore and hardly any cursing, but interestingly enough, there didn't need to be any of it to make it succeed. It's an entertaining movie, for sure, that gets right to the point and looks good visually. The filmmakers and studio obviously want to make this a franchise film, as they have opened it up for sequels, and the fact that this first film cost less than $10 million and ended up making $160 million at the box office. That being said, everyone turns in good methods of anger, being frightened, and courage, even if some of the decisions they make aren't realistic. Performances are all solid enough, but again, with this type of film, you're not looking for award-worthy acting. There is a supposed twist ending, however, it's borrowed from a number of other films so you won't be shocked. With its fast pace, there isn't a whole lot of time for character development other than some stereotypes, but that's fine with this film and the story it's trying to tell. The film is a short 90 minutes long and wastes no time jumping into the chaos, which is nice. It becomes a game of survival and escape, as the players navigate each room.Īs the film goes on, we see flashbacks to each character and their past that gives us a glimpse as to why they were chosen to attend this escape room. Once everyone is in the first room, things quickly go downhill with sadistic and violent and deadly puzzle traps. These strangers are invited to an escape room with the option of winning money if they finish. Each person has a different a unique personality trait - the cocky character, the quiet one, the smart one, the army character, the funny one, and even the one who has done over 50 escape rooms. Taking its cues from films like Saw and Cube, Escape Room takes a group of people who unknowingly share a similar secret and past. However, it was just a matter of time before Hollywood took the escape room fun and turned it into a horror film. They can be good team-building exercises and a lot of fun. Some themed escape rooms even include zombies, military, and even The Purge elements. Over the past several years, there has been an increasing number of Escape Rooms that have popped up over the country, where people pay good money to be trapped in a room or rooms with others and solve puzzles to get out.
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