REVIEW: Guardians of the Galaxy: The Live Immersive Experience by Secret Cinema

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REVIEW: Guardians of the Galaxy: The Live Immersive Experience by Secret Cinema



The Secret Cinema has hit the headlines just lately with a $100million growth plan funding from TodayTix, the low cost ticket platform to discover a everlasting residence in Los Angeles whereas persevering with to ship fantastic immersive experiences in unusual momentary warehouse conversions across the fringe of London. We have frequently loved these experiences since our first encounter in an open-air web site close to the Olympic Park for Back to the Future in 2014 and have seen how their experience has grown they usually have refined the execution and engagement and I think the money-making functionality!
We had dived into secret missions in Star Wars (2015), adored the cabaret really feel of Moulin Rouge (2017), cherished the rain falling in Blade Runner (2018), and delighted within the exploration of the completely different areas in Casino Royal (2019) and have been overwhelmed by the weirdness of Stranger Things (2020). In every, we discovered that the extra you get into it, interact with the characters, and comply with the clues the extra pleasing the expertise turns into. It helps if you already know the backstory and have seen the movie, however it’s not important though their cult standing as films provides to the attraction.

And so, it was a straightforward choice to ebook Guardians of the Galaxy and discover our solution to Wembley Park tube station as a member of the Atomic Dreamers clan (costume color blue) to discover Contraxia. As at all times, we arrived early as we had discovered the interactions are a lot simpler within the first hour earlier than the venue fills up and as soon as once more impressed by the efforts fellow travellers had gone to with their costumes. The exterior of the constructing as at all times doesn’t reveal the trouble and element that’s invested within the inside creation of those worlds.

In this model, the interplay has been refined and simplified right into a race to collect models (factors) in your clan in a battle of the six clans to be named the winner. Easy factors are earned by buying and selling objects resembling CD’s, combine tapes, posters and miniature collectible figurines in a haggle for points- it helps if you happen to can sing a verse of the songs within the commerce. Indeed, the eighties music vibe dominates the expertise. More factors could be earned by gathering Specimens received in competitors with opposing clan members. Although it’s simply as enjoyable to look at others participating. There is nowhere to sit down down so you’re in your ft for the two-hour expertise earlier than the Cinema itself opens.


The better of all is to interact with the characters from the movie wandering across the web site to ask random questions or search clues. Take care or else the Nova Corp troops will march you off to Prison. We spoke to Quill, Drax and Gamora, the three predominant Guardians, all very a lot recreating the on-screen personas and look, and had non-public conferences with Peter in Despatch and Zewdita in her fortune-telling alcove and met our Clan Captain Aquilla. We adopted the pink twin’s Carina and Rhomann for some time too. The one factor you already know is that your pathway by the occasion is exclusive.

The last battle sequence is spectacular with the looks of Little Grout and Rocket and loads of energetic bodily motion with high quality sound combine and lighting present. Disappointingly they dropped the simultaneous dwell motion within the cinema in the course of the movie present which was a spotlight of earlier occasions and changed it with a neon gentle present to replicate the onscreen flashes and bangs. This is clearly a money-making enhancement permitting them to make use of the actors in a rerun of the preshow for a second viewers (who don’t wish to see the movie) and preferring a later arrival time. While that is smart it weakens the Secret Cinema ingredient and focuses every little thing on the immersive preshow ingredient.


It all feels very properly run with stage managers in all places stewarding the crowds and making the areas for the motion and the energetic viewers ( I’m positively not the goal demographic) having fun with themselves in an upbeat occasion environment however not a covid masks in sight. If you already know the movie or are in search of night time out with mates its well worth the journey however don’t anticipate to be transported on an journey with a robust narrative as within the fantastic Star Wars and Casino Royal experiences which have been excellent and set a really excessive bar for what follows.


Review by Nick Wayne 


Rating: ★★★

Price of Ticket: £59

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