Rating: Summary: Good start, then falls flat... Review: This movie didn't know what it wanted to do. It starts as a sci-fi/horror and ends up a jumble of lame characters and stupid dialogue. The plot is weak and the vague description of the cubes purpose is laughable. All of the characters undergo a complete personality change in the short time span the movie takes place, and the ending seemed like the writers had stopped caring about what they were doing and just put in the easiest cop-out they could think of. Thumbs down.
Rating: Summary: Intense and Original! Review: A Freaky-Intense and quite interesting look and life and death...a little sick and very clever...does not have non-stop action but it really doesn't need it...check this one out!
Rating: Summary: better luck next time !!!!! Review: i would have been more inpressed if it was just called I HAVE NO MOUTH BUT I MUST SCREAM if we just keep ripping off or based on the story, the work of Harlin Ellison and other great writers will be truly beaten into the ground people will stop reading books "cause ta movie waz easyer to do know whats i means " then when we as a race of a so-called intelegent life form reach our next phase of de-evolution we can title it I HAVE NO BRAIN BUT I MUST SPEAK!!! PS READ A BOOK THAN CLOSE YOUR EYES AND MAKE YOUR OWN MOVIE !!!
Rating: Summary: A Kick in the CUBE Review: Never have I felt as weird as when I saw Cube. I haven't felt this way when seeing a movie since I was 12 and wathched Twilight Zone episodes alone at night.True the acting was kind of weak but just the Claustraphobic atmosphere alone gave me nighmares. When you watch it just don't blink.You may miss something. It just shows that you do not have have a big budget to make a big film. I would like to see either a RE-make or sequel.
Rating: Summary: a real surprise Review: From the marketing and packaging I was expecting the genre "strangers in danger" flick with some kind of low budget SF twist. Brainless entertainment for a bad night, in other words. To my surprise this turned out to be an unusual and very interesting little film. It makes no apologies for its low budget (one set, some lights, and some models). The film works more as theatre than film (fulfills the traditional unities, etc) and has an "actors' workshop" atmosphere rather than the "beauty contest" ambience of a lot of low budger actioners. The actors are working on acting rather than on their hair. In other words, this film has the feel of an honest dramatic effort. The script, not the FX, is what drives the film. It's mostly good writing, offering a fair amount of surprises, some philosophical ventures, and even a little literary style (what a concept). Whether intentionally or not, the film deconstructs the Hollywood actioner scene by scene. Central to this deconstruction is of course the crumbling facade of the Schwarzenegger-like "hero", as the script reveals more and more home truths about the kind of bully boys that Hollywood persists in glorifying. This film is being sold under false pretences: it's way, way better than the niche where it's being marketed. The 'Quentin' character seems uneven and at times overacted, but hey, at its worst it's better acting than you'll ever get out of di Caprio or Shue! If you liked 'Living in Oblivion' & 'Rashomon' yet you have a taste for action/adventure/suspense, check this one out.
Rating: Summary: Great premise - needs work in execution Review: A true minimalist execution of a horror film. The ideal low budget film-it only really needs the one set! I must admit the idea alone creates a very creepy atmosphere. However, the script needed more polishing in its dialogue, and the acting belies its low-budget cost.
Rating: Summary: What's all the Hype about? This movie bites! Review: I can't believe all the hype this movie has gotten. Aside from the fact that its is filmed inside of one room with different lighting, it fails to entertain. Perhaps its the one dimensional characters that we are supposed to mentally deconstruct. The acting was horrible. A fifth grade drama class could have done better.
Rating: Summary: Matchatematical Review: I was impressed with my friend Sandor's grip work in this as he built the set. It took them weeks or months to build the one cube, not sure. I see elements of my own wild youthful exploration of Mission Impossible and math. Math is the key element here. Sandor was always working with mazes and I see why he wanted to work on this one. In the ending I thought... 'this is the one where the disabled man lives and all the normies die. Like some kind of message from disabled misery. Cube of 2=8
Rating: Summary: Totally slayed! Review: This is one of the best movies to come along in a long time
Rating: Summary: Singlehandedly toppled my list of favorite movies. Review: My god, this movie is superb. It's a close call between this and pi, but I think the non-annoying camera angles (cough cough) make this one soar :) Plays with emotions like no other film, by far my favorite movie of all time. do yourself a favor and rent/buy this movie then watch it with a few friends. I gaurantee you'll talk about it for at least an hour. Then go rent pi and do the same :)
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