It could still be an entertaining film, but you wouldn’t have any emotional investment in whether the characters live or die. Without that time and story commitment, we aren’t as committed to Ben and Zoey and, you end up with just another young, good looking cast running for their lives. I don’t generally see 20 minutes worth of character development before we get the first action scene in most horror films, and I definitely don’t generally see horror films waiting 25 minutes before the main story of the film works. Courtesy: Zoey and Ben get great character development before the action truly starts/Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions/Original Film And despite all they’ve been through, Ben’s inability to ask Zoey out leaves him in the Friend Zone. Also seen are the effects the first film had on the relationship between Ben and Zoey. We see the effects that Zoey’s fear of flying and Ben’s panic attacks have on them. Robitel spends the first 20 minutes of the film getting to know the characters. The target demographic is younger, therefore the producers tend not to waste time getting to the gore.īut, Director Adam Robitel, who’s also an Executive Producer on the film, misses that trap. The temptation for many horror flicks is to just get straight to the running and screaming. The others, also, happen to be ‘Room’ survivors/champions thus kicking off their ‘Tournament Of Champions.’ Courtesy: Shaken Not Stirred/The Past Champions in the first room they have to escape/Escape Room 2 The Good – Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions Character Development Zoey and Ben, along with four others soon find themselves sucked back into Escape Room, this time against their will. Our couple make their way to New York, but before they can find Minos, Minos finds them. That is until Zoey has a panic attack during boarding, and she runs out, with Ben in tow. Courtesy: Original Film/Zoey and Ben end up back in New York/’Tournament Of Champions’ The AftermathĪfter witnessing a primitive version of the escape room, we jump to the present and find Zoey and Ben, still on the run, and about to get on a plane. Henry asks her to wait an hour so they can talk it out. The wife tells him she’s done with the marriage. Played well by James Frain, Henry already works for Minos and must deliver. Henry, hard at work even this late at night, is stressed out of his mind. The wife, played by Tanya van Graan, sends her daughter up to bed as she goes in to see her husband. A wealthy woman and her school age daughter return home to their mansion after a day out on the town. Courtesy: Tanya van Graan in a small, but impactful role/Escape Room 2/Columbia Pictures The Sequel Zoey vows to find out who sent all the contestants invitations, and who created all the rooms. We see scenes from the original movie, as well as the Winners Zoey Davis, played by Taylor Russell and Ben Miller, played by Logan Miller. One by one contestants are killed while trying to escape each room. Over the opening credits, we see a quick recap of the original film which I, Dragon Movie Guy, have not seen.Ī company called ‘Minos’ runs televised escape rooms, and the world’s wealthy and elite bet on which people survive and which ones die. As cerebral as it is fast paced, Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions follows up on the 2019 original Escape Room in a fun and fresh way.įor being someone that doesn’t watch a ton of Horror films, I was optimistic this film would be more than just a standard horror sequel… Courtesy: Logan Miller and Taylor Russell return in Escape Room 2/Original Film/Shaken Not Stirred The Plot – Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions The RecapĮscape Room 2 takes place in the aftermath of Escape Room 1.
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