6.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
Starring: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller (I), Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Deborah Ann WollHorror | 100% |
Mystery | 5% |
Psychological thriller | Insignificant |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Mandarin: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Portuguese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48 kHz, 16-bit)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Cantonese, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Thai
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Digital copy
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Shades of the 1997 cult favorite Cube permeate through Escape Room, Director Adam Robitel's (Insidious: The Last Key) Mystery/Thriller that drops six seemingly disparate, but revealed to be interconnected, individuals into a battle for survival within an increasingly complex number of rooms that require them to work together to solve various brain teasers in quick succession under life and death circumstances. The film is entertaining as it is, hardly ascending to the complex psychological depth and structural intrigue as Cube but offering up solid entertainment both as the puzzles grow increasingly complex and deadly and as various character details are revealed: the pasts that have brought them together and the qualities they bring to the "game" that might just see them come out of it alive.
Escape Room's 1080p transfer offers no reason to complain. The digitally shot film translates very well to Blu-ray, covering all the bases in terms of its textural output and color reproduction. Fine details are perfectly revealing to the format's standards. Complex facial and clothing textures are excellent but the image shines in revealing all of the intricacies in the various locations seen throughout the film, from the fairly modern and clean waiting room that turns out to be the first room from which the group must escape to the upside down pool hall room filled with nifty visual trinkets. Some of the rooms are more bland than others -- the "snowy exterior" for example -- but overall clarity and stability are excellent. Colors are neutral but do push to extremes as the situation demands. Red-hot lighting comes to define that first room where heating coils give off a powerful glow while the outside room takes on gray and bleak tones that even a bright red jacket can't quite break up. Skin tones appear accurate and black levels deep and tight. Source noise is minimal and no major encode issues of note are obvious. This is another first-class Blu-ray release from Sony.
Escape Room's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack delivers a very good listen. The presentation is regularly active, making full use of the surrounds to pull the listener into the various rooms with immediacy and a feel for the danger at hand. The film opens with a flash-forward scene in which a character finds himself in a room that is closing in on him, threatening to squash him should he not be able to solve the puzzle in time. Crunching and cracking wood, falling debris, and the dreadful sound of the gears pushing the walls in make for a symphony of environmental terror. Such precision, depth, and volume are maintained throughout, with each room presenting with its own unique sonic signatures that are never lacking in clarity, immersion, or depth; the listener will always feel drawn into the seemingly inescapable dangers. Musical delivery is clear and wide along the front with some surround information folded in. Dialogue is clear and detailed with a natural front-center position, whether in casual conversation or frantic screams during the most dangerous and deadly encounters with any given room's traps.
Escape Room's Blu-ray contains a few featurettes and a collection of deleted scenes. A DVD copy of the film and a Movies Anywhere digital
copy code are included with purchase. This release ships with a non-embossed slipcover.
Escape Room is Saw without the gore and Cube without the depth. It's a perfectly serviceable and fairly entertaining film that does enough but never goes above and beyond. It's fairly well acted and the puzzle rooms range from bland to interesting and the film does enough to gain and hold interest for the duration, really only letting the viewer down at the end. Sony's Blu-ray is solid all-around, featuring excellent 1080p video and 5.1 lossless audio. A few extras are included. Recommended.
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