Director: Adam Robitel
Notable Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Indya Moore,
Holland Roden, Thomas Cocquerel, Carlito Olivero, Jay Erving, Deborah Ann Woll
It feels like yesterday that Escape Room was released
in theaters; a new series that was very intentionally meant to be the heir
apparent now that the Saw franchise sealed the final nails in the coffin
after Jigsaw. My, how things have changed? Not only did the Saw
franchise not die with a whimper after the 8th installment (it promptly went into hibernation to emerge from its cocoon to just whimper and die this year anyway) but delays and a pandemic kicked its sequel back almost 3 years.
Nonetheless, if you happen to remember Escape Room, then its long-awaited
sequel, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, is going to be exactly in
your wheelhouse. Not only is it a direct sequel that references a ton of
material from the original, for the franchise whores out there, but it’s a film
that knows exactly why people will want to see it: ridiculous trap rooms
slathered in gimmicks surrounded by questionable and illogical conspiracies.