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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions might not have been as much of a hit as the first movie, but the horror sequel gave viewers plenty to talk about when it came out on streaming platforms.

The main version that was released to watch at home ended up being an extended version of the movie. But unlike most extended editions, or even director's cuts, there was actually plenty that was different about it – including the ending.

What's more, the extended edition of Escape Room: Tournament of Champions even removed a major return from the theatrical version. It's so different that if a third Escape Room movie happens (and nothing has been confirmed yet), the filmmakers will have to decide which version to follow on from.

You might still be thinking that it can't really be that different, can it? Well, let's delve into both versions to show just how different the 'new' version of the movie is.

Spoilers are ahead for both versions of Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, so be warned if you haven't seen the movie yet.

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The sequel brings back the survivors from the first movie, Zoey (Taylor Russell) and Ben (Logan Miller), as they are thrown back into another series of deadly escape rooms by the villainous Minos Corporation.

This time around, they're joined by previous survivors of Minos escape rooms, but these characters are essentially just disposable victims. It looks for a bit like Ben is even killed in one room, but it's later revealed he was drowned in quicksand and just ended up in another puzzle.

After a room filled with acid rain kills the final two newbies, Zoey meets Amanda (Deborah Ann Woll) who we assumed had died in the first movie.

However, she survived that fall and became a new puzzle-maker for Minos after they abducted her daughter Sonya and forced Amanda to work for them. She soon turns against Minos though and teams up with Zoey to free Ben from his latest trap.

The trio break out of Minos and report all they know to the police. Unfortunately, as Zoey and Ben head home on a plane, they discover that the plane is just another escape room and sleeping gas fills the cabin as the movie ends.

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That's the theatrical version, anyway. The extended edition technically only runs for eight minutes longer (96 minutes to 88 minutes), but while there have been scenes added, there's also been a lot of footage taken out too.

It means that it might only seem eight minutes longer, but there's actually around 26 minutes of new footage which drastically changes the plot.

Instead of opening with Zoey and Ben preparing to go to New York City, the alternate cut opens with Henry (James Frain), a Gamemaster for Minos, his wife Sonya and their daughter Claire. After Sonya threatens to leave him and take Claire, she mysteriously dies after being trapped in a sauna.

Escape Room 2: Tournament Of Champions [Blu-ray] [2021]

The movie then follows the original version as Zoey and Ben find themselves in the new escape rooms. Events play out in the same way, including Ben's supposed 'death', until after the acid rain room where things take a significant turn away from the theatrical cut.

Zoey doesn't meet Amanda who, we assume, did actually die in the first movie in this version. She actually meets Claire (Orphan's Isabelle Furhman) who's revealed to be the actual puzzle maker. Her father kept her locked in a room and presented her ideas as his own.

Fortunately for Zoey and Ben, this means that Claire built something into the quicksand room that meant Ben survived. Unfortunately for Ben, he was found by Minos and put into another trap, this time a sauna room.

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Claire convinces Zoey to help her escape and after they overpower Henry and lock him in Claire's room, they manage to save Ben by stopping the sauna game. With Claire's help, Zoey escapes and heads to the escape room location to pick up Ben and they, presumably, head to the police with their findings.

We don't actually see the pair after this so there's no plane cliffhanger, but the alternate cut has a different and darker ending to enjoy.

Claire isn't as innocent as she seems and admits to her now-imprisoned father that she killed her mother when she threatened to take her away. She then completes the set by killing her father, but not before she teases what's to come and tells him that he'll be "so proud when you see what I can do".

It's a very Saw-esque finale and leaves the Escape Room series in a very different place, even if we assume that in this version, Zoey and Ben still eventually find themselves trapped on a plane.

indya moore in escape room 2

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By removing the surprise return of Amanda, it's arguably a more grounded version of the movie and certainly sounds stronger as a result. The twist that somebody was 'alive all along' is an overdone one in horror, and it really felt like the theatrical version didn't move things along and ended in exactly the same place.

This alternate cut at least expands the mythology of Minos and offers an interesting tease for the future. However, we imagine if Escape Room 3 does happen, the third movie will pick up from the theatrical version, rather than this alternate ending.

While Sky just offers the extended cut, you can compare the two different versions on Blu-ray as it comes with the theatrical cut too so you can decide which version you prefer.

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is available to watch now on Sky Cinema.

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Does Escape Room 2 have post credit scene?

There is no stinger after the credits of Escape Room.

Is there a secret ending in Escape Room 2?

After another movie full of Zoey (Taylor Russell) and Ben (Logan Miller) staying alive despite trap after trap constructed by the Minos company, the Escape Room 2 ending twist reveals that everything in the sequel up to that point had been done to convince Zoey that Minos had been caught, and get her and Ben into the ...

Why are there 2 different ending in Escape Room 2?

The twist that somebody was 'alive all along' is an overdone one in horror, and it really felt like the theatrical version didn't move things along and ended in exactly the same place. This alternate cut at least expands the mythology of Minos and offers an interesting tease for the future.

Does Escape Room: Tournament of Champions have 2 different endings?

There are two endings to this movie, in the theatrical version Amanda Harper shows up. In the one on streaming platforms, Zoey finds another character.