However, LeBron rejects the marketing scheme created by Al G. Rhythm is the personification of the computer algorithm that apparently is running Warner Bros. And there are clips from “Austin Powers” and “Casablanca,” while Lola Bunny (voiced by Zendaya) has her own run at Wonder Woman’s Amazon-qualifying challenge.īehind all the nefariousness is the wonderfully-named Al G. Among those cameos are King Kong, the flying monkeys from “The Wizard of Oz,” Superman and Agent Smith from “The Matrix.” The heavy cross-promotion continues with brief stops at “Batman,” “Game of Thrones” and “Harry Potter” worlds. If you thought “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions” moved fast, this one is often a whirlwind, blunting some of the fun of spotting the character cameos in the Serververse. Cedric Joe as his son, Dom, is better though. I am not a LeBron fan, but he is OK here, and I found funny the couple of digs about his changing teams. The 1996 film “Space Jam” starred Michael Jordan the new version has LeBron James, whose career is outlined during the opening credits. Space Jam: A New Legacy (Warner Bros., Blu-ray or DVD, PG, 115 min.). Rating guide: 5 stars = classic 4 stars = excellent 3 stars = good 2 stars = fair dog = skip it The 8-minute-longer extended cut has a beginning and ending centered around one of the men who develops the trap-rooms for Minos (James Frain as Henry) and his daughter (Isabelle Fuhrman as Claire), with the ending providing the means for further installments.īonus featurettes look at the sets (5:50), the plot and characters (5:10) and on returning director Adam Robitel (also “Insidious: The Last Key,” TV’s upcoming “The Craving”) upping the ante (3:55). Subsequent rooms are an underground bank with cutting lasers through its lobby a fake beach but with devouring sand and a New York City block with acid rain.
The first room is the cleverest, as a thief leads Zoey and Ben to a subway car that separates from the rest of the train and then becomes electrified, with the six trapped inside. Zoey and Ben actually were looking for the new game, as they hoped to expose Minos by gathering evidence, but they certainly were not looking to become participants again. The four new-to-the-audience participants are Brianna, a travel blogger priest Nate (Thomas Cocquerel) Theo (Carlito Olivero) and Rachel (Holland Roden). To refresh a bit, in the first film, Zoey managed to escape, but went back to rescue Ben. Minos, which apparently has unbelievable amounts of cash to fashion these detailed rooms, makes its profit from its clientele who bet on the outcomes of the “games.” The twist here is that each of the six participants are survivors from early games, although the audience has only seen two in action before.
They have to find and decipher clues that lead from one deadly scenario room to the next. There really is not enough time to get to know the characters, although it helps in this case that Zoey (Tylor Russell) and Ben Miller (Logan Miller) both were survivors from the first film (2019) and Indya Moore, who plays Brianna, played a character to root for in TV’s “Pose.”Īs with the first film, six people – all but two strangers – are thrown into life-and-death situations by the Minos Corp.
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Like the “Final Destination” movies, the cleverness of the ways to kill, plus in this case how to advance from one room to the next, is what makes the film a success. Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (Sony, Blu-ray or DVD, PG-13/NR, 88/96 min.).