No Escape Room (2018)

Kamurai

3.0

Oct 10, 2020

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend if you're looking for another "escape room movie". This is a weird movie, just what it is. I'm down with the premise and I went in thinking it was going to be a "House of 1000 Corpses" version of "Escape Room", and it's really neither. It's closer to "Amityville Horror", "1408", or "Thirteen Ghosts" with an escape room element (but not nearly as good) than either of those movies. I also went in thinking Jeni Ross was Debbi Ryan ("Insatiable"), of whom I'm not a big fan, but has proven she can carry a movie. Jeni Ross does a g…

Watched this with friends. Thankfully this was not my pick. Though this was not a bad movie it wasn't the greatest either. It starts out really well but then you start to rake up questions and theories throughout only for the ending to give you no answers on your questions or theories. This starts out with a father (Michael) and daughter (Karen) going out for the weekend to bond but they run into car trouble and are stranded. Instead of taking this as a loss they decide to do an escape room and thats where they meet the other characters in the movie. **Tyler** (who is on his phone the whole…

No Escape Room tries to tap into the once-viral escape room trend but falls short with a slow pace, weak character development, and many unanswered plot questions. Despite intriguing moments of tension, the film struggles with clarity—failing to establish the origins of its eerie setting or justify the characters’ involvement. Still, it reminds viewers to be cautious when entering unknown places and to always question what seems too strange to be safe. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com)