It’s a little disingenuous to call Escape The Undertaker a movie. I mean, it’s not a series - it’s just one 30-minute episode. But since it is only 30 minutes, can it really be classified a movie? It’s also interactive. You get to choose what the characters do. I guess it can be called an interactive short. We’ll go with that.
Three wrestlers - Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods, collectively known as The New Day - enter The Undertaker’s mansion in order to obtain his urn of power. You, the viewer, decide where the men go and what they do. The question is - will they succeed or will you get them killed?
Admittedly, I did not play through all of the options you are given. It would require multiple viewings and I’m just not that interested in wrestling. My husband, who is more familiar with the sport, will probably go through it a couple of times himself. I’m not sure that more viewings would change my opinion anyway.
Despite not being familiar with any of the people starring in this short, I found it quite funny. There were a few times that The New Day had me chuckling. And there were definitely some interesting choices to make. Like “Fight The Undertaker” or “Flee.” Frequently, the trio would break up and you would have to decide who you would go with. That’s why I haven’t played through it more. You figure three guys with a couple of two-choice decisions each. There’s a lot of replayability here.
I can’t make a “should you watch it” decision on this one because it’s not a passive watching experience. Do you want to play a funny game about a bunch of wrestlers? This is for you. Do you want to see if you can make decisions that will get one or all of them killed? This is for you. Do you hate The Undertaker and you want The New Day to take him down? This is for you. Either way, give it at least one run-through. If you hate it, stop playing. But if you love it, you can play it over and over again until you have selected every option possible. And maybe you’ll have a few laughs along the way.