Exit 8: A surprisingly excellent video-game adaptation.
The 2025 live-action movie adaptation of Kotake Create's psychological horror video game, Exit 8 seemed to come out of nowhere. It was a walking simulator that featured no deep narrative, which would make it an odd choice to adapt into a movie. Indeed, I myself am not that much into the horror genre of video games and if I dip my toes into that particular genre, it'd be survival horror where the player can fight back. Needless to say that when the team of director Genki Kawamura, co-screenwriter Kentaro Hirase and star Kazunari Ninomiya were announced to be heading the project, I was sceptical and surprised. Having someone like Ninomiya on board such adaptations is vital as he is a gamer and a fan of the game itself. Thus, I was pleasantly surprised by what the team managed to accomplish. The movie follows the tale of a man simply referred to only as The Lost Man. The Lost Man receives a phone call from his ex-girlfriend, with the latter informing him that she is pregnant w...
