![]() ![]() As for the middle part that is shared between both of the versions - it is nice but just not very sophisticated. That also explains why they delayed the release of that movie by a long time and filmed more scenes after over a year of break. It is clear that the extended one is what the movie originally intended to be. The whole "Sonia" part is what gives it away in my opinion as it was solved in a very lazy way in the theatrical cut and didn't make any sense, you could tell it was just an excuse to reuse the same already-filmed parts. It feels like they filmed the extended one first, didn't fully like what it implies about possible future movies, and tried to replace it with some rushed things without having to refilm the whole game, so they found quick "solutions" to still use the same middle part, and it really shows. After watching both versions, I am very confused on why they picked the theatrical one to be the official version. This one in my opinion is a total waste of time. There is a so called "twist" in the end but it's pretty much nothing and you can see it coming from miles away. You don't get any background details about anything. The story there feels lazy in a way, it is sort of a repeat of the first Escape Room movie (just not nearly as good) because you learn pretty much nothing at all about the universe of the movies. The theatrical cut however is a complete different story, and in my opinion is more like 2 out of 10. The overall movie there is 6 out of 10 in my opinion. The twist in the end is just slightly predicatble (seen it in a few other movies so it's not original) and not fully baked but is still kinda nice, the idea behind it is just better than the other version, and the movie is not a total waste of time and is still enjoyable even if it isn't a masterpiece. The extended cut develops the main story behind the rooms and kinda moves the story forward. But still, the extended cut version is BY FAR better story wise. Neither of these versions is too great, none of them is as good as the first Escape Room movie. To identify which one you are watching, note the theatrical one is the one starting with a therapy session, while the extended one is the one starting with a 2003 flashback. This is a spoiler free review to tell you the differences between them without revealing the actual story of each. I think many people are not aware of the two very different versions telling a different story, and my guess is that majority of the really low rates are coming from peope who watched the theatrical version. It's a very different movie where the beginning and the end tell a complete different story with complete different characters, while only the middle part of the two versions is identical. Despite the misleading titles, the extended cut is NOT just the same movie with a few extra scenes. Note this movie has 2 versions, one is the cinema version called the "theatrical cut" and is 1h 28m and more common to find, and the other is called the "extended cut" and is 1h 36m. ![]()
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