Cube

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Summary: this movie is good
Review: This movie is very good. this is the kind of movie that will leave you thinking, "i never thought he wound be the one" (wait til the end). i think that the end of the movie has a special meaning, i think that the moral is, "dont be fooled by what your eyes tell you, sometimes the people you think would never make it, end up saving your life." watch it to see what i mean.

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Summary: I dun agree with Kenneth John Taylor
Review: I don't quite agree with what Kenneth John Taylor said about the movie in his review:

1. He gave away too much of the plot of the movie, especially the ending... he spoilt the movie for those who've read his review but not yet seen the movie.

2. He said the system couldn't be evil, and the system just IS. But come on, it's inside the system that people became irrational and nervous, and as a result of that, they started killing each other. No system would, of course, do the killings with its own... what, hands?? But it's in the sense that it induced evil doings that the system is said to be evil.

3. Yes, maybe there's really no big brother watching them from above. But it does not mean the people have their lives in their own hands. They are inside this system which none of them can change single-handedly. They all have to cooperate with each other if they are to have any hope of escaping it. But the system makes it difficult for them to act collectively. So the tragic outcome is never really in doubt.

In my opinion, Kenneth John Taylor, as well as many others, has often distorted a basic fact of life. They tend to put the blame on individuals (accusing them of being evil) whenever evil things happen. But that's not often true. The blame should be on the system which we are living in.

The system is continuously shaped by and affected all of us living inside it. When an evil thing happens, it is tempting for the outsiders to just blame those who are involved, as if the outsiders can legitimately distance themselves from the sin. But it is not so easy:

i) all of us have to be partly responsible for the bad things that happen inside the system because the system is constructed by no single individual, but virtually by all of us together (though not collectively);

ii) if there is a time when the outsiders are really faced with the desperate situations, they then may no longer be able to so clearly distinguish between "evil" and "self-defence." The system makes it tough for them.

How could Kenneth John Taylor (and many others) refuse to believe that he's (they're) also represented by one of the six types of people depicted in the movie? Remember in the end, almost all got killed. Who can confidently say he could do better than the others and escape the cube???

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Summary: One extra star for trying...
Review: I was going to give this three stars, but I figured, Natali and his crew tried to make a horror movie with some real substance. While it's not always successful, they deserve credit for A) trying and B) focusing on more than just "We're being so DEEP, man" in the script. This is NOT the standard thriller that it could have been, with a director who thought tossing some common intellectual concepts in redeemed a weak script and shoddy filmmaking >COUGH< David Fincher >COUGH<.

Basically, if you need a high concept version, this is the Twilight Zone episode "Six Characters in Search of an Exit" with more style, more inventiveness...and the ending has the same effect, and if you've seen that episode (admittedly it's hard to forget) you know what THAT means. You see this movie for the ride, not the finale.

It's worth at least one viewing; certainly as a demonstration of creativity with no budget, it's an inspiration.

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Summary: Cube (1998) d: Natali, Vincenzo
Review: An amazing 5-star existentialist Twilight Zone type adventure. The plot: Six people wake up, inside a maze of interlocking cubes. Doors on all six sides, Some lead the way out, other doors have deadly traps behind them. Each of the six people have a skill that will help them solve puzzles and unlock doors. If seems a bit too preachy, but somehow believable that they must all work together if they are to survive. I've watched this film a couple of times now and each time a watch it I find it hard to believe that the whole movie was filmed using only two cubes in a warehouse in Toronto. The idea of the giant cube is more then visualized, due to scripting, editing, directing and most of all acting. The film's only downfall is that those involved didn't have more money to spend on FX. Commentary track on the disc is informative and entertaining. Also includes: comparative and alternative story-boards; deleted scenes; set design; artwork and more. A must have disc.

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Summary: Incredible
Review: This was an amazing film! Human behavior at its best! It is my first Science Fiction that i truly enjoy.. See it with friends and get their feed backs and reactions!

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Summary: This is a treasure hidden under an absence of reputation...
Review: Cube is one of the most terrifying films I've seen. Freaky to death, you almost become insane yourself. The story is about six people who are emprisoned in a cubic complex. There are deadly traps in some of the rooms...There is one gate in the whole complex that gets you out of the place...The budget in this film was low...they wasted half of it on the first two minutes. But, for a low-budget film, it has very good special and gory effects and the actors are great too. The background is always the same, but the walls are different from one room from another. Paranoia, intolerance, fear, these subjects are all important in Cube. The film is also full of surprising twists. The first time you see it, you just can't believe it...the music is mainly made of creepy samples and contributes to the freaky atmosphere of the movie. Disturbing, intelligent, well acted, very well directed, wow, that's one huge discovery! Excellent, awesome. I know this ain't a masterpiece, but it is still too great for a 8. So now my choice is clear, even though you may think I'm too generous, I have to give it the mark it deserves. 9/10

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Summary: Definetly leaves an impression, a disturbing one at that.
Review: What will our people think of next?? The concept this movie is so disturbing because you can't put it past us, you know that human beings are capable of subjecting others to such cruel and unusual punishment. This movie personally freaked me out, but i was impressed (i'm a bit morbid) by the ingenious design of the traps, however horrid they were. The acting in this movie is good enough, not great, just good enough. The idea of placing people in a giant linked cube contraption with deadly traps just for the fun of it personally gave me jitters though. This movie is quite gory however, and should not be viewed by the faint of heart, or easily impressionable. Hell, even the 'Resident Evil' movie stole elements from this. I'd suggest this as a rental, but prepare yourself. I'd only buy this if i was a masochist, a goth, or i didnt live with my mother (not that i really have a choice about that).

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Summary: You do the work, since the writers haven't bothered.
Review: You're in a deadly maze and you have a limited amount of time to get out - compelling enough. To make things worse you're trapped with a group of incompetent actors asked to play inconsistent and unmotivated characters, and you are forced to listen to dialogue that makes little sense and has dreadful philosophical pretensions. Just beyond the confines of the set lurk young and goofy directors and writers who are just overjoyed to be making a film (any film) that looks 'cool', that has a 'cool' idea at its core, and who believe in 'very little direction' and 'just getting it in the can' (quotes from their commentary). What do you do in a situation like this? Well, either watch something else, or enjoy the look of the sets, or get excited by the suggestiveness of the situation - come to this movie with low expectations and you won't be too disappointed.

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Summary: Amazing what young people grow up to do!
Review: My neighbour and family friend was the key grip in this film. It made perfect sense too he is and has always been fasinated by mazes. He used to make mazes for us to solve in high school. I was the mathematician and it wasn't until the second time that I saw this film that I figured out the math in the film is wrong. But it is cool because the disabled character wins by finding his way out and he earned it too.

I think my buddy makes good film. This is what he wants to do with his life and it seems good self expression.

Remember this film is gory like many Canadian films it shocks too.

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Summary: Rubik's nightmare.
Review: Hmm, where to begin. The film begins with the characters finding each other in the cube, a deathtrap invented by unknown sadists. The prisoners (who are named after prisons, nice touch) get stressed as they try to think their way out of the maze, one by one falling victim to the bizarre traps. The film focuses on the psychological pressure the prisoners are under, and lengths some will go to to escape. Nicole de Boer (Star Trek:DS9) plays the mathematical genius who works out the escape route (shame she's so irritating!), not everyone reaches the exit, but what lies beyond?