The defence The Cool Ironist
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Escape Room
Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 2019
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
Movie details
Escape Room
“Find the clues or die.”
2019 Horror · Mystery · Thriller 1h 39m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Escape Room?
For the defence
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.
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Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive... and discovering they've all played the games before.
No Escape Room
Horror · 2018
A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place.
Tau
Sci-fi · 2018
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.
Containment
Thriller · 2015
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
Dead Sea
Crime · 2024
Stranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.
Haunt
Horror · 2019
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
All the Devils Are Here
Thriller · 2025
After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Mystery · 2022
A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.
Cube
Thriller · 1998
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.
Follow Me
Horror · 2020
A social media personality travels with his friends to Moscow to capture new content for his successful vlog. Always pushing the limits and catering to a growing audience, they enter a cold world of mystery, excess, and danger. When the lines between real life and social media are blurred, the group must fight to escape, and survive.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Adam Robitel
Written by
Bragi F. Schut · Maria Melnik
Taylor Russell
Zoey Davis
Logan Miller
Ben Miller
Jay Ellis
Jason Walker
Deborah Ann Woll
Amanda Harper
Nik Dodani
Danny Khan
Tyler Labine
Mike Nolan
Yorick van Wageningen
Games Master WooTan Yu
Court is in session
Put Escape Room on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.