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After tackling a contemporary sequel last week with Insidious: Chapter Two, Trace and I figured we should do it again. This week we’re dissecting the sequel to queer director Adam Robitel‘s immensely popular Escape Room, which was released in 2021 as Escape Room: Tournament of Champions.
In the film, survivors Zoey (Taylor Russell) and Ben (Logan Miller) return to New York in an attempt to discover the secrets behind the mysterious Minos Corporation. Instead, they’re lured back into the game with a fresh batch of survivors, including “pain freak” Rachel (Holland Roden), influencer Brianna (Indya Moore), and alcoholic priest Nathan (Thomas Cocquerel).
What Zoey and Ben don’t know is that someone is pulling their strings by creating a very unique new killer escape room experience. Depending on which version of the film you watch, the secret game master is either <spoilers> Amanda (Deborah Ann Woll) who survived the first film OR Claire (Isabelle Fuhrman), whose presence in the Extended Cut suggests a whole new direction for the franchise.
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Episode 238: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) feat. Reyna Cervantes
Be on the lookout for clues because we’re headed back to Escape Room with Adam Robitel’s sequel, Tournament of Champions (2021). With the help of returning guest Reyna Cervantes, we’re discussing both the Theatrical, as well as the Extended Cut of the film (jump ahead to the ~1hr 10min mark to hear about the new beginning and end!)
Expect Minos-levels of conspiracy as we try to figure out the timeline and rationale for the two cuts.
Plus: our fave new characters and traps, retconning the original film’s end, needing more Isabelle Fuhrman and James Frain, and what we want in a possible third entry (and why it definitely *won’t* be rated R).
Cross out Escape Room: Tournament of Champions!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re tackling an iconic queer horror text: the Alfred Hitchcock classic, Psycho (1960).
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