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Summary: Style without much substance
Review: Shot in one room and a half with a budget of $350,000 and a mere 25 computer-generated shots, *Cube* is the kind of movie that has to rely on its intelligence and inventiveness to captivate its audience - and it does succeed, even if its attempts to surprise are often as predictable as the cliches it prides itself on breaking. The movie can be described either as a cyberpunk version of Sartre's *Huis Clos*, with the same cast of generally unlikable, irritating and semi-hysterical characters, or as a post-modern episode of the *Twilight Zone* set inside a Rubik's Cube. I listened to most of the (very enthusiastic) audio commentary, and although I was particularly impressed by the filmmakers' resourcefulness, it didn't teach me much about the point of the movie, which I believe to be nonexistent: *Cube* should probably be seen as a stylistic composition by film students who have absorbed tons of movies by Sam Raimi, Roman Polanski, Hitchcock, Ozu and Dario Argento (among the various directors mentioned in the commentary). It is a self-absorbed movie, which does not have much to say about the world-out-there (apart from its surprisingly benevolent view of technology) but rather seems trapped within its own references and internal correspondences. Quite interestingly, Natali's earlier short, *Elevated*, tells exactly the same clever, claustrophobic story, in an elevator.
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Summary: Dave Roldan, the myth the legend says- why?
Review: Please don't belive what these other reviewers wrote because:The Good: This movie has a brilliant concept. It has new to movies actors and actresses can act well. Its great to make fun of with friends. The Bad: The Plot line has been dragged, blundered, and butchered horribly. The twists come in too late for one to care about. The movie is dragged to a bad ending. The movie (too lengthy for words)should be rewritten into no longer than 30 minutes max. This movie is bad for lack of better terms. Please watch any of the following movies instead: The Green Mile, The Usual Suspects, Phenomenon, and Contact.
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Summary: Good movie, bad ending
Review: I really enjoyed watching the movie. Up until the end, the plot is cool and interesting, the visuals are great, the acting is more than decent. I was really glued to the screen up until the ending. The ending is the part that ruined the movie for me. This is only a personal opinion of course, but I was SOO disappointed by the lacking ending, that it actually ruined the movie for me.. :(
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Summary: It's the "Breafast Club" meets HELLRAISER
Review: in that you are kept entertain for 90 minutes in practically one room. In case if anyone has realized this yet this is one of the most difficult things to do in film. When you watch the credits there seem to be way to many people working on this film that takes place in a box. The film has a lot to say about human behavior but little to say why our characters are in this CUBE in the first place. I like to wonder and think about a film when it is over too but I think this film asks for too much. Good performances and high suspense with a few too many predictable twists but overall this film is a good watch, even better for the more claustrophobic.
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Summary: Cube gave me nightmares
Review: No movie has targeted my claustrophobia like "Cube". It is dark, twisted, creepy, and stimulating. I first saw it in the theater, and I left feeling violated. If you ever feel uncomfortable in small rooms, and if you love conspiracies, this movie will get you on a primitive level.
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Summary: Afterimages
Review: I can only add this to the reviews: This is the sort of movie that causes images to bubble up in your mind and dreams for days afterwards. Perhaps it's the fact that the entire movie takes place in the same setting, or perhaps it's that perfect buzzing ratcheting *snik* as the hatchways are opened between adjoining cubes, but in any case, this movie definitely leaves an impression. The opening sequence sets the theme...
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Summary: hmmmm.
Review: brilliant premise, it sustains the movie almost until the end, but....yes, but, twas a bit predicatable and cheesy, the idiot savante being the only one to escape, and other characters a bit 2-dimensional, however one of the most best IDEAS I've seen in a movie for a long time.
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Summary: Unrecognized Beauty
Review: I thought is would be just another low budget sci-fi film, with bad acting, and annoying sound. This film is just the opposite. What makes this film in my top ten list, is it's simplicity. It has a pinch of Hitchcock, mixed with a surreal sci-fi environment.
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Summary: Best accident I ever had.
Review: I was grabbing a movie off of the shelve quickly on my way to the front counter. Instead of what ever it was I ment to grab I got CUBE instead. Best mistake i ever made. With deep philosophical questions and stunning sets. this is truely one of the best movies ever made. You will be asking yourself... who put them in this place? why? how?....thought-provocing. beautiful. literally a modern masterpeice.
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Summary: Life
Review: Forget about the characters, the dialogue, and the plot. They really do not embody the message of the movie. Personally I thought they were all fantastic from begining to end, but others seem to differ in opinion. The movie was TRUELY about life, for all of you who totally missed the point. I need not say more because if you cannot figure out the message on your own you are not worthy of watching the best movie of all time.
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