This is pure garbage, it's not frightening, scary and even gory. That stupid twist is the dumbest thing ever. Escape room meet Saw lmao, how do you even dare to advertise that in your poster. The director should be sued for plagiarism.

Mixed game with psycho killer. The story of two gamers who entered in paranoia game to play riddles and solving it to win huge prize. But their dream comes down when they realised that they have been trapped by a psycho killer and his only aim to kill them brutally and no chance to escape. Who is killer you will find while seeing the movie. A well movie but not much entertaining due to gruesome murder series takes major part of the movie. Acting is just okay. Sometimes we guess who is killer and to your surprise at end you were right but in a different dimension. Climax is some confused and not clears. However it is watchable once but not for recommended.

What 'Play or Die' had going for it was its premise. It was hardly original, it is one that most would undoubtedly have seen before more than once beforehand, but it was certainly a decent one that makes one interested in watching. It interested me without a shadow of a doubt and with the right execution it could have been at least a decent watch that questions of it being derivative wouldn't have mattered so much.

'Play or Die' unfortunately is yet another one of those films, of which there have been too many recently of my recent viewings that it's becoming tiring, with a premise that draws one right in but the execution is completely unfulfilling and severely wanting. What it easily could have been, even with limitations, turned out to be the opposite, so it was yet another potential waste. Am not disliking 'Play or Die' with malice, actually sort of wanted to like it even if it didn't entirely work.

The setting was quite eerie but that is pretty much it for any minor redeeming merits. The drabness, erratic filming and effects that looked like they were made as an afterthought squander it though, that does annoy me because if the visuals overall were good my score may have been a solid 3 or a borderline 4.

All the cast give lousy performances, a lot of histrionics and just as much going through the motions. The characters are neither interesting or ones to endear to, there is very little development other than simplistic stereotypical character traits and almost all of them were annoying or without personality.

Dialogue is really quite painful to listen to, it reeks of cheese, has a complete lack of momentum, instead coming over as the dampest of squibs, and fails to flow. The direction is lethargic throughout but it's the story that sinks 'Play or Die', starting off worse than unpromisingly with a scene that will make even those who aren't easily squeamish squirm in their seats with embarrassed discomfort. It's sluggishly paced with everything telegraphed too obviously and too early and there is no tension, suspense or creepiness at all. It all feels bland and there is plenty to make one cringe in its far-fetched ridiculousness and lack of logic in events and character behaviours. There is nothing creative and it all feels too tame.

In conclusion, very poor. 1/10