Film Review – Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders

The success of 2019’s “Escape Room” appears to have inspired the making of “Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders,” with the new film hoping to achieve the same sense of confusion and panic in a puzzle house-style setting. Screenwriter Brian Buccellato looks to go beyond a basic survival situation, endeavoring to bring a strong sense of family animosity during a reunion event, offering a more potent sense of motivation when it comes to saving lives. Entanglements are present, but a noticeable level of horror isn’t, finding the picture almost unsure if it wants to horrify viewers or make them laugh, with the cast either contributing bizarre acting or going completely over the top with their takes. “Dangerous Game” opens with a mild sense of enticing mystery, but it quickly veers into absurdity, and not helping the cause is Sean McNamara, the helmer of “Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite” and “Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt,” who isn’t a seasoned genre director, but a guy known for grinding out inexpensive features quickly, living up to his reputation with his latest B-movie. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com