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Escape Room 123movies Review

Regardless of the banner, there is an astonishing absence of jigsaw astounds in this film. Or on the other hand skeletons, really.

So at the beginning of today, escape room 123movies I took myself to the films and saw Escape Room, which I've been interested about since the trailers were delivered. I love escape rooms, I've played through The Room and every one of its spin-offs on numerous occasions, give me some old fashioned riddle unraveling and I am SO there! While I was anticipating a few panics, I was trusting there wouldn't be anything excessively horrifying since it conveys a PG-13 rating. Ideally there would be more sharp climatic alarms than violent passing scenes, and I was correct!

(Fun certainty: did you realize that there were two films that turned out in 2017 likewise called Escape Room? I didn't until I was attempting to discover pictures for this film! Evidently, those two motion pictures are… not incredible, however I can't by and by vouch for them.)

THE PLOT

Escape room 123movies begins in, amusingly enough, an escape room! It at first appears as though a richly beautified front room, and everything is quiet until Logan Miller drops through the roof. He's limping, beat-up, and in all out frenzy mode as he totters to a convoluted looking number-labyrinth lock thing on the entryway. He understands that he needs four numbers, however when he pulls on the 1, the divider inverse him begins shutting in. Fantastic. We're in that spot with him as he battles to search for hints to locate the four numbers required as increasingly more of the excellent room gets decimated and squashed behind him. He finds the four numbers required, so he thinks, however they don't work, and we watch as he gradually gets squashed… .. … ..and afterward we flashback to three days earlier. Here we meet three of our fundamental characters, Zoey (played by Taylor Russell), Jason (played by Jay Ellis), and obviously, Ben (played by Logan Miller). If you don't mind, note that Ben appears to be marginally more assembled here, as in, he's not being squashed in an escape room… yet. These three characters are unfathomably unique in relation to one another, and they each get a strange riddle box from somebody they know. The riddle box drives them to Minos Escape Rooms with the guarantee of ~fabulous money prizes~ on the off chance that they can fathom the unsolvable escape room. It is here we meet our other three principle cast individuals: Danny (played by Nik Dodani), Mike (played by Tyler Labine), and Amanda (played by Deborah Ann Woll). After Ben apparently breaks the door handle in the lounge area, the six unfortunates find that the sitting area IS the escape room, and the game has started. The remainder of the film is, you got it, an escape room! We learn all through the remainder of the film more about the characters and why they were picked for this lethal game through shockingly explicit subtleties in all the rooms, and furthermore, who sent them here in any case?

There's a great deal of extremely sullen riddle understanding. Like, a great deal.

THE REVIEW

This film is incredibly fun. That feels wrong to state about a "mental loathsomeness spine chiller," however I swear it is enjoyable. As I would like to think, the film makes a captivating showing of uncovering minor character subtleties all through without dropping the huge bend until the correct second. I love things like this where you sense that you need to focus on everything about you'll miss something and genuinely perhaps you should watch it again to truly get everything?? I live for stuff that way. It was upsetting a result of what was going on and invigorating when something at long last went right. I truly appreciated it all in all, and I think my assessment of the film showed signs of escape room 123movies improvement the more I pondered it a short time later. Those are my preferred sorts of movies, the ones that make you consider them a while later.

Presently it's an ideal opportunity to escape into the following room of this survey, (I don't know whether I'll have the option to keep up the play on words game for each audit, fam) so Spoiler Warning currently in actuality, and I truly suggest for this film you see it first totally ignorant concerning any spoilers or significant plot details!\

this room? This room directly here?? This is the most noticeably terrible room, undoubtedly

THE MUSIC

The music for this film was extremely novel when I saw it, and it's one explanation I need to watch it once more, since I'm certain there were prominent music minutes I missed. The score truly set up for anxiety and anticipation, and it helped me to remember the music played in each film where somebody's attempting to hack into a PC under a period limit. You know the one. Prominent music minutes incorporate the initial tune that sets the room we see Ben fall into, the melody that plays during the montage of Ben, Jason, and Zoey attempting to understand their riddle boxes, the end credits music, and obviously, that AWFUL contorted version of Petula Clark's "Downtown" that plays as a clock in the topsy turvy Pool Room, presented previously. Awful room. Most noticeably terrible room. Loathe it.

Zoey is all that is unadulterated and acceptable known to mankind

THE CHARACTERS

By and large, there were a ton of affable characters in Escape Room, which is somewhat lamentable in light of the fact that a significant number of them don't, well, escape. All the characters were one of a kind, and I acknowledged how every one of them had various responses to the stressors in each room, as indicated by their character. Zoey is my supreme top choice, she was a joy to watch the whole film, and I so valued her being the outright brainiac of the gathering. More virtuoso WOC jobs in films, it would be ideal if you There was additionally an extraordinary character circular segment for Ben, which I incredibly delighted in, and there was a great deal of heart given to both Mike and Amanda too. Sadly, Danny isn't around sufficiently long to truly be created, and Jason ends up being a survivalist butt nugget with a significant predominance complex. Yet, for the most part, you felt for all the characters, and you needed to see them escape, which implied that their demise scenes for the most part hit you similarly as hard as they hit the survivors. Danny's passing is a stunner for every one of them, particularly Ben, and the manner in which Amanda's demise hits Zoey is grievous to observe however it puts Zoey into in-your-face survivor boss mode, which is entirely incredible. This implies, nonetheless, that Zoey is resolved to cut down the degenerate AF organization behind Minos escape room 123movies, which cool, yet in addition based off that last scene, NOOOOOOOOO!!

This scene fools you into deduction everybody will be fine.

THE SCENERY

Presently when I initially observed the trailer for Escape Room, I believed that each room would be intended for one of the characters explicitly. That is not really the situation, yet each room is definitely unique and extraordinarily fatal, with character-explicit subtleties woven-all through. They're totally structured so that you could see them being a real escape room in reality, with the exception of they all have an ACTUAL fatal curve, rather than entertainers and phony results. The little subtleties were extremely sharp and in some cases sort of tragic. The fire and stopped vent slither set off Amanda's PTSD in a truly gutting scene and prologue to her character. The tusk trophies in the room presented over each spoke to one of the notable reindeer from the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" tune, which was unpleasant for Ben due to his flashback and harsh for the crowd since that is unmistakably intimating that the reindeer have been butchered which like, impolite, keep Christmas separate from this?? My least most loved room is the cold winter horrendousness essentially in light of the fact that it was pulverizing watching them cooperate to both arrangement with Danny's demise and attempt to dissolve the key required out of the focal point of a strong square of ice while they're sharing ONE coat among them. Ugh. In any case, a nearby second is that dumb topsy turvy pool room. Plan shrewd it's extraordinary, however generally? Detest it. Abhor what occurs. Probably not.

Goodness hello look! There are skeletons in this film!

THE TWIST

Alright, on the off chance that you've perused this far and haven't seen the film yet, trust me when I state you actually most likely wanna see it first before I proceed.

For every other person? Here we go.

Escape Room has really, two or three turns when you consider it. The underlying turn is, obviously, the way that all the risky snares are in reality genuine and dangerous. The stakes are REAL high.

The following turn comes in the room equipped like an emergency clinic. Each character is attracted to a particular bed, set up in an unexpected way. It turns out, each character invested energy sooner or later in the emergency clinic, and each bed is an ideal amusement of their room. Through conversation, they discover that every one of them was the sole overcomer of something horrendous that transpired (we get little blazes about what these occasions could be all through the film). Zoey makes sense of that whoever is running the escape room must need to see who, among them, is the "most fortunate of the fortunate."

After a couple more rooms and a couple more passings, we find Ben, who did undoubtedly endure getting squashed in the sumptuous lounge escape room 123movies (so I surmise in fact he simply didn't get squashed). He stumbles into a type of stockroom with an enormous screen that shows every one of their photos, and every one of them, put something aside for his, have a huge red "X" up and over. In his image, he is marked the "Champ." A hairy British man goes into the room to uncover the following turn: this whole thing was set up by a gathering of exhausted, rich individuals who are entranced by the human will to endure. English Beard declares that people have consistently adored viewing different people in close demise circumstances, and they have run these escape rooms on various occasions, similar to an investigation, to attempt to make sense of what it is that makes up a definitive victor (sidenote: notice how this is likewise sort of a burrow at the crowd to the film?

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Elijah’s Eternity: New Orleans Part Six

Author: eternityunicorn

Genre: Romance/Drama/AU

Pairing: Elijah Mikealson x OC

Warnings: Violance, Smut (*Smut chapters marked +18)

Summary: Sequel to the AU Elijah’s Eternity - Ten years have passed, a mournful Elijah has finally started to move on without his lady. In that time, he has gained a reunited family and has also found a new lady love. Yet, all is not well as danger comes for the smallest member of the Mikaelson family: Hope, and it prompts Niklaus to call upon the white goddess, drawing her back into Elijah’s life. As they reunite, can Elijah really say he’s truly moved on?

NOTE: OC and original elements are from my up and coming novel series!

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“What is the Underground Agency exactly?” Rebekah asked.

“It’s a pet project of mine, one inspired by the adventure I had with your brother,” Eternity glanced up at Elijah with a small brief smile, before turning her attention back to his little sister to explain, “Many of the mortal worlds on this side of the divide between the two universes know about the existence of myself and the Immortal Universe. This is because they have the capacity to deal with any threat unto them from those less savory characters from the other side. This is not true of the Earth.

“Yet, for a very long time, I have had a vision to make the Earth battle ready, so that the rest of the Universal Kingdom will see humanity as a strong and capable race of people. I wanted to make the Earth independent from the unknown reliance it depends upon, in myself and my comrades. The immortals have been a well hidden secret for eons from this world, but with the birth of the new supernatural community, it is time for that to change. It is time for the creatures of this planet to have an equal seat at the table in my kingdom.

“Then about nine years ago, I met a man that had a similar vision to my own and together, we have created a secret organization of super humans we have recruited from around the world. You see, during World War II, there was a lot of human experimentation going on and it created a new breed of humans, people with special abilities and powers. You might call them superheroes or mutants. But not only have these special people been recruited. People from the new age supernatural community have been recruited as well.

“Together, they work to defend their own world from threats both foreign and domestic. It has definitely given me a break from having to defend this world myself. It is there, at the Agency, that young Hope could be safe from all that might harm her, including my mad brother. But also, she could learn about her powers and also learn how to defend herself against those who might do wrong upon her. There are many at the Underground Agency that could aide the child and keep her safe.”

“I don’t think Nik would go for it,” replied Rebekah. “My brother’s a stubborn prat who thinks only he can protect Hope. It was a chore to pry him away from his daughter’s side just for a couple of days. He won’t let her go to some facility away from him. Believe me, Hayley’s been trying to get him to let Hope go to the Salvatore School in Mystic Falls for months to no avail.”

Eternity smirked at her. “Well, I have been known to be quite stubborn myself and very persuasive,” she said. “I’m sure I could convince him to do what is best for Hope’s safety. Bruno isn’t someone easily defeated not is he one to give up. Niklaus cannot contend with him, no matter how much he might want to try. This is especially true with the stronger my brother becomes. No doubt he will hunt the witches of this world, while lying in wait for an opportunity to take Hope - his true target. The safest place for this young one that is here on Earth is the Underground Agency.”

Elijah glanced at his niece and noticed Hope playing with the glowing blue pendant around her neck. It was the very one that Eternity had given her to protect her from whatever other evil she had sensed would come after the child when she had saved Hope from the Hollow. He asked, “What about the pendant you gave her, Eternity? Can that not protect her?”

Eternity looked at him and shook her head slightly. “It would protect her from anything Earth-based, but not anything from the Immortal Universe,” she explained. “I cannot give her a stronger pendant because any more power could have adverse affects upon young Hope. I had thought that whatever was coming would be of this world, not another madman from the distant stars - a long lost relative at that. There are not many options to protect the child, I’m afraid, besides sending her away temporarily.”

Elijah nodded in understanding, while his sisters looked at each other with worried expressions for their niece. He too was worried for the little girl they all adored, but he trusted Eternity to not steer them astray. She was his family’s greatest ally, after all, despite her stormy introduction to them initially.

“Uni,” Hope’s small voice called to the warrior queen with familiarity, catching her immediate attention.

Elijah was surprised, to say the least. He didn’t quite understand how it was possible, but it seemed that his niece knew Eternity already, if the nickname for her was any induces. They were familiar to each other, like they were old friends.

“Yes, young one,” Eternity replied gently.

“Will you stay with me? My dad and mom just left for out of town for a day or two,” she said with a little bit of fear in her voice, scooting closer to her. “I would like it very much if you’d stay, at least until they come back.”

The immortal smiled fondly at the child, “You know that I cannot say no to you, little one. I promise to be near, should you have need of me.” She smoothed back the girl’s red hair in a motherly fashion.

“Where did Niklaus and Hayley go, by the way?” Elijah asked Rebekah, having not known that they had planned on taking any time away from the compound.

“They didn’t go far, if that’s what you’re worried about,” she answered him promptly. “They went to the bayou to deal with some sort of drama amongst the Crescent Pack. I don’t know. I had stopped listening at that point, when they had asked Freya and I to watch Hope for them.”

“Perhaps we should call them back here,” Elijah suggested. “They should be made aware of this new development.”

Rebekah shrugged, “Those two haven’t had time away from the compound in ages. Leave them be, Elijah. I am sure we can deal with this, while they are gone.”

“Don’t worry,” Eternity spoke to him, getting slowly to her feet. She seemed to have healed as she stood taller and didn’t wince in pain anymore. “I will protect your niece and the rest of you lot with everything I am. Villains never win, least of all, when I’m around.” She winked at him with a small grin that set his heart racing through his chest involuntarily.

“Well, if all is good now, I think I’ll just go,” Gia piped up hurriedly, finally speaking, after being a figure in the background of Mikaelson family drama.

Elijah had almost completely forgotten about her being there until she had spoken. He felt guilty for it, but before he could say or do anything, Eternity was already intervening. He watched as she approached Gia gracefully, gently grasping onto the other woman’s arm, halting her retreat as she had turned to go.

“It isn’t safe for you to leave here,” Eternity said to her, kindly. “You have been living here for some time. Bruno no doubt knows this too. He could easily use you to get to Hope, just as much as any Mikaelson. You’re much safer here than out there on your own.”

Gia looked surprised to be stopped by Eternity of all people, but her expression quickly shifted into reluctance. “I don’t -.”

“Please,” insisted the immortal. “I do not want harm to come to you. I cannot protect you, if you leave here.”

Elijah found it odd that Eternity was being so insistent that Gia stay at the compound. Surely, with her psychic abilities, she knew that his engagement was over and why it was. Yet, she was wanting the other woman to remain. Why? It could have been the reasons that Eternity stated, but there was something more persistent than general care about another’s welfare in the pleading tone of voice she used.

Gia didn’t seem to notice the oddity in Eternity’s behavior, but that may have been because to others that didn’t know her, she seemed to be only asking in that caring way anyone would in the face of danger. With a heavy sigh, she relented. “Fine, I’ll stay,” she said uncomfortably.

Elijah found he shared in the newer vampire’s discomfort. It seemed a bit awkward to be holed up with the woman he just broken up with, while the woman he was pining for lived there too, and he was sure it was the same for her. Yet, Eternity did have a point. This new threat could use Gia for his own ends since she had been amongst the Mikaelsons for several years already. It was safer for her to remain with them. Elijah wouldn’t forgive himself if anything happened to Gia, despite the discontinuation of their relationship.

Eternity released her grip on Gia’s arm, while she smiled brightly and nodded, “Good.”

“Well, I suppose we should get another guest room set up,” Freya said politely, turning to head up the stairs to the second level. Gia quickly followed after her, saying that she would help her.

“Now that that’s settled, it’s time to get Hope to bed. Hel, are you coming?” Rebekah stated then, beckoning the girl to her.

The little redhead went without issue, following her aunt upstairs as well. Hel smiled at her mother, before trailing behind Rebekah and Hope.

That left Elijah alone with Eternity, making that awkward feeling he had earlier increase for a whole different reason. He hadn’t spoken to Eternity outside of a crisis since her return. She hadn’t seemed inclined to speak with him either. But now they were together again in the same room, alone and without crises to distract them from each other.

They stood there together like a pair of morons, to be quite frank. Eternity looked at him and he looked at her. Elijah had imagined this moment for the past decade. In all those imaginings, the words he had spoken ranged from angry rants to soft longing. Hell, he had even imagined simply taking her into his arms without words, kissing her lips, whispering his love, and then whisking her away to the nearest private space to make copious amounts of love to her.

Instead of saying or doing any of those things, there was only one thing that came to mind to say to her. “So...Uni?” Elijah says foolishly, as if he wasn’t the suave man of sophistication he always prided himself on being.

“Yes, Hope’s little nickname for me,” Eternity replied with a fond smile. “You’re niece gave that to me as a sign of affection. It was quite adorable and I had no desire to correct her.”

Elijah’s brows furrowed and his eyes narrowed slightly as he tried to understand, but was left with confusion. “You’ve met my niece before. When? Why?” He asked her, the awkwardness fading away as curiosity took hold.

Eternity sighed, looking away from him, “I came back a year ago on a whim. Loki was defeated for good, and while my duties to my kingdom kept me busy over these past years, they weren’t enough to keep me from longing for the place I left my heart. I didn’t find you, but I did find the child, running about at that old, abandoned farmhouse that your family was hiding out at from whatever threat you were facing at the time.

“I went to her as a unicorn, unable to stay away. She and I played in the fields and forests around the property in secret. The connection of fondness was instant. My motherly instincts kicked in and I swore I would protect Hope at all costs, which is why I can so quickly when Niklaus summoned me. Normally, that spell he used would have taken until nightfall, but I came swiftly because of it’s Mikaelson origin and feared something had happened to Hope. As I said before, I had thought it was someone else other than the girl’s father.” Finally, she looked at Elijah with a sad, longing smile.

Elijah wanted to reach for her as a result. He wanted to pull her to him as he used to. However, he refrained, for the time being anyway. “Why didn’t you show yourself to me?” He found himself asking her.

Eternity looked away again, hiding her face from him completely this time. “I wanted to. On one of my visits to Hope in the days that had followed, I finally did see you, but you were not alone,” she spoke softly, almost mournful. “Young Gia was with you and I realized then that you had moved on without me, as is to be expected. I have been away a long time. Duty does come before the heart, after all. Because of that, I kept my return hidden, as to not interfere with your happiness.”

Elijah felt a mix of emotions at her confession. He was angry and frustrated, first and foremost. These emotions stemmed from the truth of his situation, that many have been with another, but his heart longed for her. The past ten years had been hell for him, something that would have disappeared had she simply returned to him. He would have forgiven her for the pain and the misery, and would have finally been happy again. He would have been made whole.

Secondly, he was relieved that it turned out that she hadn’t abandoned him completely, as he had thought when she had left him at that Californian hotel. He spent the last ten years not knowing if he’d ever see Eternity again, which only added to his misery. The world had been a lot dimmer without her in his life.

Thirdly, he was hopeful. Hopeful that maybe, just maybe Niklaus was right, that maybe she would return to him and they’d stay together this time. Loki was dead and gone. There was nothing standing in their way now.

“I have been anything, but happy,” Elijah confessed to Eternity. “Without you, I have been lost in a fog of longing, uncertainty, and of course, heartbreak. Gia is a great woman. She is fun and bright and a very talented musician, but she isn’t you, Eternity. I can’t go back to how life was before I met you. Frankly, I don’t want to.”

Eternity looked at him apologetically. “I have done you a great evil and I cannot undo it,” she murmured sadly. “I am so sorry for the pain I have caused you. I never meant for such to come to pass, but I cannot stay with you. You are better off working things out with young Gia.”

She said those words to him, but Elijah could see in her big sapphire eyes that she was just as longing and hopeful as he. Her eyes were open windows to her most inner thoughts and desires. Eternity let the secrets she held shine for him there, despite her resistance to rekindling their relationship. Whether or not, she was letting him see the truth there intentionally was debatable, but the fact of the matter was that he did see it plainly.

Seeing her deception, he moved closer to her and with every step he took toward her, Eternity took one step back away. She was keeping distance between them, but her eyes were a mix of excitement and reluctance.

“Don’t,” she quietly warned. “Go back to Gia, please!”

Then Eternity turned to flee him. It was half-hearted. She could simply disappear if she didn’t want to be caught, and it was this fact that allowed Elijah to catch her arm firmly, spinning her back around to face him.

“I don’t want Gia,” he quietly growled at her, pulling her into him and wrapping his arm strongly around her. “I want you!”

Without letting her say anything, Elijah mouth descended upon hers in a fierce and unforgiving kiss. She resisted in that half-hearted way, struggling weakly against him, but when he made it clear he didn’t intend on letting her go, she stopped and soon melted into him. Though she refused to embrace him in return, Eternity began to kiss him back with the same fiery intensity he delivered unto her.

Elijah knew that his kissing her was impulsive. He simply couldn’t resist doing so. She was there before him, feeling the same things he was; longing and hopefulness. How could he stop himself, knowing this? It was like a dream come true.

Suddenly, the dream was interrupted by someone clearing their throat meaningfully. Eternity separated herself from Elijah and he immediately let her go. Her eyes were wide as they looked behind him. He turned and saw Gia standing there on the stairs with a disbelieving look upon her face. The hurt in her dark eyes was evident, and despite having officially broken things off with her, Elijah still felt guilt creep up on him for kissing another.

He glanced back at Eternity, but the warrior queen was already retreating quickly. He sighed heavily in disappointment, before returning his attention to Gia.

“Well, that certainly didn’t take long,” she snipped at him, her arms folded across her chest. “I was just coming down to inform your girlfriend that her room was ready, but maybe Freya and I just wasted our time setting up the guest room since she’ll be sleeping with you in your bed before long it would seem by that little display I just witnessed.”

Elijah shoved a hand in his pants pocket to hide his curling fist from the irritation he felt in regards to Gia’s disrespectful tone. He understood her pain and anger, but he was still an Original, no matter their intimacy. He stared at her pointedly.

“I just finished explaining to you the truth of my feelings,” he said to her, lowly. “I cannot be happy with anyone else, but her. Would you rather I deny my feelings, deny the truth and marry you instead, subjecting you to a life of half-hearted love and a whole lot of misery? Is that better for you?”

Gia stared back defiantly, “No, it’s not and yes, I know where your heart lies, but did you really have to make a move on her so soon? We did only break up like an hour ago, you know. I guess I really don’t mean a whole lot to you after all.” She climbed down the stairs and headed toward the arched entryway way in a huff.

Elijah realized she was leaving. While he didn’t blame her, as he was a right bastard for behaving so inconsiderately, he did remember Eternity’s insistence that Gia stayed until Bruno was dealt with for her own safety. He reached for her arm to halt her exit, but she whirled on him angrily and slapped him across the face, prompting him to let go of her immediately.

“Gia, you can’t go,” he said gruffly, acting unaffected by her strike against him, though the skin did sting a bit from the impact.

“Like hell I can’t,” she retorted, turning away again. “I’ll find my own way. Thank you.”

With that, Gia stormed off and exited the compound in the middle of the night. Elijah didn’t try and go after her. He simply let her go with the hope that she would be safe. He watched her form disappear around the corner onto the French Quarter street, which then left him standing there alone in the courtyard with his torrent of thoughts, aware of the white-haired goddess looming in the shadows, watching him.

To Be Continued....

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