So it’s likely that she actually designed alternate ways out of the game, like the one Zoey used last time, for that reason. In fact, Zoey didn’t actually win the game in the first movie, because she subverted the game and found her own way out of it - Ben was the winner that time.īut for Claire, the games were about finding somebody smart enough to solve her prison puzzle - she was using them to recruit. But she does specify that they didn’t let Zoey win, though, at least not in the first one. And Claire even goes so far as to imply that BOTH games that Zoey was forced into were a part of this coup.Ĭlaire straight up says they were letting people win the games because they needed to make sure there actually was a winner. Claire is actually a psycho - the sauna was her doing both with her mother and Ben - and this whole movie was her coup against her father. But, like in the theatrical cut, it’s all a ruse. With Claire’s help, Minos is defeated, and the story is over.
Zoey solves Claire’s door puzzle, traps Henry in Claire’s prison and saves Ben. All while Ben (Logan Miller), who survived being sucked into the sand here just as he did in the theatrical, is trapped in the sauna that Claire’s mom died in. Henry has provided Claire with a means of escape in the form of an impossible puzzle that will unlock her door, and Claire wants Zoey’s help with it.
Instead of being taken to a new room in which Amanda pitches her on making new puzzles, Zoey ends up at Henry’s house - this is Claire’s power move. Henry has locked Claire in a basement prison, and she’s using the game to make a power move.Īll 10 James Wan Movies Ranked, Including ‘Malignant’
The new framing here involves the guy who’s directly in charge of the games, Henry (James Frain), and his daughter Claire (Isabelle Fuhrman) who designs them. The extended cut, which leaves Woll out completely, creates a similar concern about the game being for show, but for completely new reasons - even while the game itself is, as far as I can tell, exactly the same as it was in the theatrical. Was this entire game even real? Were the other contestants actually Minos employees? Was Amanda a Minos plant the whole time? Bringing in Amanda (Deborah Ann Woll) to sell the con was a great touch that makes it all feel so much more insidious. The ending of the theatrical version revealed that the thing was all a con to finally get Zoey (Taylor Russell) on that escape room airplane from the end of the first movie, which made the whole thing feel beautifully paranoid to me. ‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Director Explains That Crazy Ending What’s different in the “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions” Extended Cut
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