Netflix has delivered numerous interactive experiences through its streaming service from the You vs. Wild series starring Bear Grylls to Black Mirror's Bandersnatch. The streaming service is leading the way of letting viewers control the narrative of its programming. The latest offering from the Choose Your Own Adventure-esque special Escape the Undertaker, an adventure featuring numerous high-profile WWE wrestlers.
Escape the Undertaker follows The New Day (Kofi Kingson, Xavier Woods, and Big E) as they travel to the Undertaker's house in order to steal his urn, which contains supernatural abilities--like being able to hold someone's arm and walk on the top turnbuckle without the other person fighting back. Big E touches the urn, but in doing so, his soul is slowly taken, so it's a race against the clock. The New Day wants to "feel the power" of the urn, but in order to get it, they need to investigate various rooms in the haunted abode, as The Undertaker watches them through a various assortment of old school computers and monitors in what is essentially his Saw-like control room. Through the decision-making process held within the hands of the viewer, will the New Day accomplish their mission? The power is yours.
Well, the power is "kinda" yours, as I realized upon running through this movie three different times--four if you count the time I decided to quit at the first choice (more on that later). All the run throughs lasted around 30 minutes. Sometimes, it was a tad longer. And upon playing, there's one major thing I noticed: in order to "win" the game and "Escape the Undertaker," everything hinges on one decision about halfway through the film.
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