Common sense won’t get you anywhere but dead in this movie To survive in the escape room you must use your perceptiveness, witt, and knowledge. Otherwise your time is up. If you manage to win, you get to take home your life and a huge amount of money.

I went into this movie expecting to have a panic attack in the movie theaters; thankfully, I did not. Let me elaborate, I am intensely claustrophobic and in the trailer for “Escape Room” there was a scene that looked like it would freak me out. However, just because I did not cry at the movie, I still found the it to be pretty good.

At first when I saw the trailer for the film, I thought it would be one of those movies that was really mainstream but not actually any good. I grew up watching the other kind of “escapist” movie series. I would binge watch intense, tortuous movies. I thought that in comparison, “Escape Room” would fade into the background and live in the shadow of better movies. This film stood a part from the rest. I think if the director, Adam Robitel, did it right, he could make sequels that continue to follow this storyline.

The main plot was that six strangers are given invitations to an escape room. These nvitation are cubes that have to be solved. They are then awarded a cash reward if they can make it through the rooms. They go through different trials that tests their intelligence and perceptiveness to see if they can survive. Like a good suspense movie, most times it came down to the wire for these poor contestants. It was intense.

There are points where I was frustrated at how slow the characters were being, but when I think about it again I would probably be the first to die in this scenario. It was still cheesy and seemed like it was trying to hard sometimes, but otherwise it was decent. If you are a horror movie junkie, this movie won’t really give you that rush of adrenaline. However, if you are a person who can get scared easily I think that this movie would be good for you to watch. It can get a little scary, but not enough to traumatize you.

I really enjoyed this movie, it reminded me of movies I adored, the plot was executed excellently, the special effects looked nice, and it was better than I thought it would be. It definitely gave me a thrill that made my heart race, however it just wasn’t a intense thriller. I think there are better thriller/escapist movies out there that actually make me squirm in my seat. I give “Escape Room” a solid 3.5 out of 5 stars.