"There has to be a connection!"

Not sure why I enjoy this so much. I think it's the modern equivalent of Saw with better characters and a more interesting plot.

Zoe and Ben return in the sequel to Escape Room. Zoe is too scared to fly after her mother's death in a plane crash and so she and Ben decide to drive to New York following the revelation at the end if the first movie, showing the Minos logo is a really a set of coordinates.

I really liked the puzzles, I liked the tension, the interwoven clues in the rooms were so well crafted and create something complex yet not so hard that the audience can't solve it (considering Zoe is a physics student or something, right?). The story progresses much in the same way as the previous film yet the threats are much more dangerous.

I liked the mix of characters, it's more thrilling to have a good span of backgrounds and skills. I did feel, however, that there wasn't enough time devoted to the other main characters as there were to Ben and Zoe. The movie shows their bond of friendship and the characters' growth through their circumstances. It even reinforces the traits we saw in the last film. Zoe is selfless. She always tries to save someone else and whenever they solve a puzzle she always let's the others go through first.

Ben has picked up these traits from Zoe and he works together with her to supplement her skills. They know each other so well that Ben can tell immediately when something isn't right.

Really just an amazing and believable friendship through trauma (yikes).

If I have to criticise something, it's that the puzzles do unravel much in the same way with a couple of setbacks, lots of short time deadlines and yelling. I also felt like the priest character was definitely the least developed and one-note type of character.


[Spoiler]Given a part of the film reveals that off screen deaths are not deaths and Ben sinks into the sand as the priest does, they really dropped the ball on Nate.[/spoiler]

I don't even care if this franchise outlived itself, I really enjoyed this one.