Irgendwo in der Nacht (1946)

Irgendwo in der Nacht: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte. George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

“For some reason Escape Rooms seem to be a thing, and I donu0026#39;t just mean out in the real world. The fad has inspired film makers and across 2 years weu0026#39;ve had at least 4 movies with them at the core and 3 of them were simply called Escape Room. Original stuff huh!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is the second of four that Iu0026#39;ve watched, the first being from the same year and starring Skeet Ulrich/Sean Young. That one was a tad better than this effort.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor those of you unfamiliar with an Escape Room itu0026#39;s a tourist attraction where a group of people are locked in a room (Or series of) and have to look at their surroundings solving puzzles in order to escape within an assigned time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHere we see a group of friends participate in one for someones birthday and the experience gradually goes from fun to lethal. Whereas the Ulrich movie was supernatural this goes in more of a Saw (2004) direction.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThough the concept is sound the execution is rather lacking. Sure it looks the part but the delivery and the threat is poorly paced and the characters are simply not likeable. They range from obnoxious to blatantly bad folk that you canu0026#39;t exactly cheer on.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTo make matters worse the movie fizzles out at the end. I believe a finale can make a terrible film suddenly great or a great film suddenly terrible. This made an average film, even more average.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Good:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSolid conceptu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA few interesting puzzlesu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Bad:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNaff deathsu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCulminates in very little”