The idea is nothing very new, but it could have really be way more interestingly made.
I honestly don't get what some reviewers got as "interesting" or "cool" of the rooms the characters need to escape.
From the beginning, the first thing that struck me was how simplistic where the things they needed to do to get out of the room, like get a key, bush a button... very unimaginative, seriously lazy writing. The writers could have done more research and get more advice if they couldn't think of anything more interesting or smarter than that (which repeated in most of the rooms, by the way!).
This pretty much killed the movie for me, but I have to say, the pace is entertaining and there's the mystery of Who's behind all this, so I watched to the end.
The ending has one thing I liked, which is what one of character do to after figuring out a plan, and one that I didn't which is who was behind the whole thing, probably the blandest villain I've seen in years in a movie of this style (or any other style). That really shows how serious is the lack of imagination of the writers.
Then there's some extra bit after the ending, which tries to set a sequel and finishes taking all respect you could have had for the movie, some seriously lame hook that feels SO out of place and characters I couldn't help roll my eyes.
In general, it's an entertaining watch, but I felt it had much more potential wasted for a huge lack of imagination.
I honestly don't get what some reviewers got as "interesting" or "cool" of the rooms the characters need to escape.
From the beginning, the first thing that struck me was how simplistic where the things they needed to do to get out of the room, like get a key, bush a button... very unimaginative, seriously lazy writing. The writers could have done more research and get more advice if they couldn't think of anything more interesting or smarter than that (which repeated in most of the rooms, by the way!).
This pretty much killed the movie for me, but I have to say, the pace is entertaining and there's the mystery of Who's behind all this, so I watched to the end.
The ending has one thing I liked, which is what one of character do to after figuring out a plan, and one that I didn't which is who was behind the whole thing, probably the blandest villain I've seen in years in a movie of this style (or any other style). That really shows how serious is the lack of imagination of the writers.
Then there's some extra bit after the ending, which tries to set a sequel and finishes taking all respect you could have had for the movie, some seriously lame hook that feels SO out of place and characters I couldn't help roll my eyes.
In general, it's an entertaining watch, but I felt it had much more potential wasted for a huge lack of imagination.