Subsequent rooms are an underground bank with cutting lasers through its lobby a fake beach but with devouring sand and a New York City block with acid rain. The first room is the cleverest, as a thief leads Zoey and Ben to a subway car that separates from the rest of the train and then becomes electrified, with the six trapped inside. Zoey and Ben actually were looking for the new game, as they hoped to expose Minos by gathering evidence, but they certainly were not looking to become participants again. The four new-to-the-audience participants are Brianna, a travel blogger priest Nate (Thomas Cocquerel) Theo (Carlito Olivero) and Rachel (Holland Roden). To refresh a bit, in the first film, Zoey managed to escape, but went back to rescue Ben.
Minos, which apparently has unbelievable amounts of cash to fashion these detailed rooms, makes its profit from its clientele who bet on the outcomes of the “games.” The twist here is that each of the six participants are survivors from early games, although the audience has only seen two in action before. They have to find and decipher clues that lead from one deadly scenario room to the next. There really is not enough time to get to know the characters, although it helps in this case that Zoey (Tylor Russell) and Ben Miller (Logan Miller) both were survivors from the first film (2019) and Indya Moore, who plays Brianna, played a character to root for in TV’s “Pose.”Īs with the first film, six people – all but two strangers – are thrown into life-and-death situations by the Minos Corp. Like the “Final Destination” movies, the cleverness of the ways to kill, plus in this case how to advance from one room to the next, is what makes the film a success.
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (Sony, Blu-ray or DVD, PG-13/NR, 88/96 min.).
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