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Escape Room

Play trailer 2:25 Poster for Escape Room PG-13 Released Jan 4, 2019 1h 40m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Six adventurous strangers travel to a mysterious building to experience the escape room -- a game where players compete to solve a series of puzzles to win $10,000. What starts out as seemingly innocent fun soon turns into a living nightmare as the four men and two women discover each room is an elaborate trap that's part of a sadistic game of life or death.
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Escape Room fails to unlock much of the potential in its premise, but what's left is still tense and thrilling enough to offer a passing diversion for suspense fans.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader The cast projects a generic, 50s B-movie vibe, but in a good way; no one character is especially likable or unlikable, and this keeps you guessing as to whom the filmmakers will kill off. Feb 19, 2020 Full Review Amy Nicholson FilmWeek (LAist) The production design on this film is fantastic... I was dazzled from scene to scene. Sep 13, 2019 Full Review Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) Escape Room is not anything to get terribly excited about. But where suspense is concerned, the premise works: even when the trajectory of the story is easy to predict, there's no knowing what may be hidden behind any specific locked door. Rated: 2.5/5 Feb 6, 2019 Full Review Emiliano Basile EscribiendoCine ... A film whose only idea to convey is the need to escape from the movie theater. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/10 Aug 19, 2024 Full Review Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) If cool concepts alone made for good films then I’d be writing a very different review for Escape Room. Rated: 2/5 Jul 14, 2024 Full Review Tina Kakadelis Beyond the Cinerama Dome Escape Room is a fun ride, even with inadequate dialogue. Quite a bit of it consists of characters simply pointing out items as they enter the various rooms. It’s very possible, though, to overlook this because of the rollicking journey that follows. Rated: 3/4 Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rosie It was good as far as escape room movies go, but it wasn’t a new idea or anything super unique. I enjoyed it though! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/25 Full Review Engin O Terrible acting, terrible writing. Just go watch any saw movie instead, I promise you they are better Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/21/23 Full Review Anh H. It was good as far as escape room movies go, but it wasn't a new idea or anything super unique. I enjoyed it though! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Alexsander S O final deixa muito a desejar, mas o filme compensa no geral. Vi muita gente criticando os personagens, e eu discordo um pouco dessa visão. Para mim, o problema não é exatamente os personagens em si, mas como eles são desenvolvidos. O filme não constrói suas histórias aos poucos, ele despeja tudo de uma vez, em poucas cenas. Isso acontece, em parte, por causa do ritmo acelerado dos desafios — mas também por uma má utilização do tempo. Você vê várias cenas em que, de repente, todos os personagens começam a contar suas histórias e traumas de forma simultânea. Isso esgota qualquer tentativa de aprofundamento. Um exemplo é a cena do quarto do hospital, do nada, todos começam a revelar seus passados trágicos. Em vez de desenvolvimento gradual, o filme simplesmente joga tudo na tela. E em momentos onde havia espaço para trabalhar melhor os personagens — como na cena meio boba em que derretem o bloco de gelo para pegar a chave — o filme desperdiça a oportunidade. Aquele era um momento perfeito para explorar vínculos ou individualidades, mas nada disso acontece. (Edit): No segundo filme, eles até inserem uma cena que supostamente aconteceu nesse momento do gelo. Mas aquilo devia estar no primeiro filme! Ver essa cena no segundo só causa aquela confusão de: “Ué? Mas isso não aconteceu...?” Alguns personagens até têm potencial e são interessantes, mas são mal aproveitados. A estrutura básica de qualquer roteiro sugere que o início apresente os personagens, o meio os desenvolve, e o final os testa ou transforma. Aqui, isso não acontece. O meio do filme, onde os desafios estão a todo vapor, é a parte mais interessante. Justamente por isso o desenvolvimento de personagens é empurrado para as poucas brechas que sobram. O resultado é apressado e raso. Essa urgência constante prejudica o ritmo do filme. Além de impedir o aprofundamento dos personagens, ela faz o encerramento parecer bem menor e menos impactante do que deveria. E, de fato, é. Depois de salas incríveis com fogo, gelo, altura — desafios criativos e intensos —, o grande desafio final é… um cara? Sério? Que anticlimax. Os personagens passaram por tanta coisa, e o filme encerra com algo que não tem nem metade do peso do que veio antes. Não sei, vacilou muito na missão. Mas deu pra curtir uma ondinha. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/27/25 Full Review Mich T It's a creative premise and suspenseful atmosphere, but falls short in terms of depth and character development. Directed by Adam Robitel, the movie follows a group of strangers who are invited to participate in what they think is a fun, high-stakes escape room, only to quickly realize that the puzzles they must solve are deadly and designed to kill. There aren't any major overall complaints from me, I just feel like there wasn't anything that could've made this a fantastic movie. And for me that's all this movie was lacking. I honestly didn't like that they put that first foreshadowing scene in there. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/10/25 Full Review S S This still remains as one of my favourite movies!!! Brilliant from start to finish. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/09/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Six adventurous strangers travel to a mysterious building to experience the escape room -- a game where players compete to solve a series of puzzles to win $10,000. What starts out as seemingly innocent fun soon turns into a living nightmare as the four men and two women discover each room is an elaborate trap that's part of a sadistic game of life or death.
Director
Adam Robitel
Producer
Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur
Screenwriter
Bragi F. Schut, Maria Melnik
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Original Film, Columbia Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Some Suggestive Material|Language|Terror/Perilous Action|Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 4, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 9, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$57.0M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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