May 8, 2022
After escaping the deadly escape rooms created by the Minos Corporation in the first "Escape Room" (2019), Zoey (Taylor Russell) and Ben (Logan Miller) decide to drive to New York City to gather more evidence in order to report the shady organization to authorities. However, circumstances led them both to be trapped in a subway train car that suddenly uncoupled itself and hurtled down to the end of the track.
There were four other people in the train car with them: Rachel (Holland Roden), Brianna (Indya Collier), Nathan (Thomas Cocquerel), and Theo (Carlito Olivero). They realize that they were all former survivors of a Minos escape room, and they had been gathered together again to play a new game. Aside from the electrified train car, they also had to escape a laser-trapped bank floor, a beach shack sinking into the sand, and a city street with acid rain.
There was a brief introductory segment about the Zoey's session with her shrink. However, once she and Ben got to New York, director Adam Robitel did not waste any more time on exposition and dove right into the action. You have to admire the commitment of the actors for their over-the-top spirited portrayal of their characters being zapped by current, cut by laser, sucked in by sand, rained on by acid, or drowning underwater, all via CG effects.
The escape scenarios here in this sequel were more improbable and much crazier than those in the first film. With all the running, crawling and jumping around, they seemed more exhausting for the participants in the film, as well for the audience watching. Since this was already a sequel, there are character/s you can guess will not die, unlike in the first film. Still it was fun overall, but you really have to check your logic at the door.
This version in Netflix is not the same version that was released last year, giving a different explanation about who was behind the games. I thought the first version was better thought out than this one. If there was one story of one of the new characters that I would like to see expanded into a prequel, it would be the game which cleric Nathan won over five more priests in a series of rooms that challenged their faith. Now that sounds interesting. 6/10.
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