Escape room 2 is one of those horror films that plays to its strength. It doesnt try and reinvent the genre but provides and entertaining 90 mins of final destination meets Cube style action.
The characters are decent enough with no one standing out.
Like the original film this provides enough to keep horror fans entertained without needing to resort to graphic blood and gore.
After the terrific original film, second-time around this just seems like silly games-playing. The characters are cardboard and the set-ups are drawn-out and unimaginative. Attempts to instil excitement by having he characters shout “Hurry!” and “Come on” soon become wearing. The whole enterprise feels like a second-rate rip-off.
If you have seen films like The Cube and you have seen the first Escape Room. Then there isn't much doubt you know what you are going to see in this follow up. It stands or falls on the characters and if they are different enough from each other for you to care what happens to them. With this in mind Escape Room Two works very well. We have two characters we know from the first film. The unoriginal nightmare scene, the introduction to the new characters and we are away. No great shocks but a few twists is enough to make you feel sorry for them as they meet their inevitable conclusion. Enjoyed the first film then this is more of the same. ,