Good, but would work better as ...

Rating: Null/10 (28 July 2007)

I was happy to see a fully Canadian attempt at a science fiction movie (as opposed to the many Canadian-made American films disguised as made-in-the-U.S.A. films out there).
Cube was a good effort at a classic SF premise. An unknown agent has created a world in which unwitting participants are trapped and must escape from in order to live. Like many others, I was reminded of episodes of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) and the later Outer Limits (1995-2002) series.
For me, however, the film did not need to be as long as it was. Cube is a concept story, not unlike the aforementioned Twilight Zone and Outer Limits. Set design by definition is stark and simplistic, and character development is equally nonexistent. That is not a complaint, just the way it is in this story. But it might have worked as well or better in the episode format of one of those TV series, or as a short film. I felt like I got the point about a half-hour into the story. I liked the film, and appreciated the effort, but enough was enough. Recommended SF concept for one-time viewing.