Escape Room | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

You learn early on to switch your brain off, but even that can’t cover the ludicrous finale.

Escape Room is better than most that come out of the January film scrap heap, as long as you give yourself over to a contrived plot that is only worth the price of admission if you are fine with whodunit clichés.

The movie never involves the viewer in the puzzle or riddle-solving process. The characters rush from clue to clue, and we just watch as they figure it out. It's a passive experience.

A solid premise and some legitimately thrilling set pieces help to counteract a mixed bag of characters, several of whom are actively deplorable. The film needed more Deborah Ann Woll

It's a shocking thing to witness a movie like this do just fine for so long, only to completely collapse right at the finish line.