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Escape: Puzzle of Fear

USA 2020
produced by
Tommy Nash, Ali Zamani, Zeus Zamani, Justin Jones for Let's Mason Movies, Thriller Films
directed by J. Jones
starring Tommy Nash, Aubrey Reynolds, Omar Gooding, Naina Michaud, Nicholas Turturro, Sara Stretton, John Colton, Lili Bordán, Lee Hudson, Trent Kerpsack, Brooklyn Robinson, Sicily Fontaine, Michael Lenoci, Jennifer Jules Hart, Evan Sloan, Scott Anthony Gould (voice), DeNah Angel, Simon Barbaro, Lynne Newton, Gabrielle Romanello
written by Lizze Gordon, music by Darren Morze

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Matthew (Tommy Nash) and Tyler (Omar Gooding) have been best friends for life - that is until something has happened when they got drunk at an abandoned house, and happened upon two young girls trick-or-treating, something they refuse to talk about. But that was years ago, and now they and Tyler's hot girlfriend Angela (Naina Michaud), who has designs on Matthew, and Matthew's overly innocent girlfriend Brittany (Aubrey Reynolds) all meet up for a good night of drinking - and the next day they decide to try out a new, as of yet very exclusive escape room, one where they're supposed to escape a(n of course fake) police station holding cell. Everybody enjoys it, only Matthew starts to feel uneasy, as it more and more reminds him of his own past, especially in relation to what happened in that abandoned house. This is only augmented when on their escape routes they stumble upon more and more rooms tied to that story. But what's worse, people start dying for real along the route, convincing our heroes that there's something definitely wrong with this, and whatever it is it's buried in Matthew's past ...

 

Now to enjoy this film it might help to have a basic understanding of the phenomenon and dramaturgy of escape rooms - but that said, Escape: Puzzle of Fear does more than just basically copying the structure, but really builds on it, goes into depth where an escape room stays superficial, and doing so presents the audience with a big bunch of plot twists and turns that come across as really surprising, as the film does a great job in only gradually revealing its backstory - up to the point when the final, very elaborate reveal is sure to catch everyone off guard. All that is helped by a direction that keeps the tension on pretty much all the time and punctuates things with jump scares, and a solid cast that keeps things grounded, making this one fun genre ride.

 

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