Escape: Puzzle of Fear

Escape: Puzzle of Fear

Solve or Die

Directed by J. Jones

202083 min4.1 / 10

A claustrophobic revenge thriller that traps characters in a deadly puzzle designed to expose and punish past sins.

Hot-shot Hollywood agent Matthew Blake has a dark past. He thinks that he is on his way to a double date with his oldest friend to a new Escape Room in Los Angeles. When the couples are locked into the Escape Room, Matthew quickly finds himself at the center of a revenge plot meant to right the wrongs of his past, with deadly results.

Questions people ask

  • Is Escape: Puzzle of Fear scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Escape: Puzzle of Fear easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Escape: Puzzle of Fear end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Escape: Puzzle of Fear violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Escape: Puzzle of Fear sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

4/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity9

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love3

How much audiences actually like it

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