Live Escape

Right, well the synopsis for this 2022 horror movie sounded interesting, I will say that much. And seeing that this was a new zombie movie that I hadn't already seen, nor even heard about, then of course I opted to sit down and watch it as the opportunity presented itself. Writer and director Joe Lujan definitely was on to something with the concept idea of the movie, I will say that. But talk about a swing and a miss of a zombie movie. While the plot idea was interesting enough, then this movie felt amateurish and was like amateur hour at an Escape Room event. Yeah, not really all that interesting or entertaining. The movie was filmed with something off a wobbly camera attached to the two police officers. Yeah, I can't claim that I am overly interested in watching something filmed with a GoPro camera, or whatever was used here. And the way that it was filmed just oozed of low budget and home-made movie. And with "Live Escape" being a zombie movie, one would assume or at least hope for good special effects and gore. Right? Well, don't count on that here. The make-up effects on the zombies were bad, so horribly, horribly bad. And it was so painfully obvious that it was just badly painted make-up, as if they didn't even put in an effort. It looked fake and laughable. The best thing about "Live Escape" was the cover/poster, sadly so. If you enjoy zombie movies, do yourself a favor and stay well clear of "Live Escape". It just simply isn't worth the time, money or effort. Some of us suffered through this ordeal so you don't have to. My rating of "Live Escape" lands on a one out of ten stars.