one of my favorites

Rating: 10/10 (27 November 2000)

A wonderful independent movie from the Great White North. I've seen this movie about 3 times and it is still great to watch.
I maybe biased since I tend to read a lot of existentialist philosophy. The acting could be better as could the ending be. But for a small budget, this is a great effort. For me, the writing of a movie is definitely the most important creative element. What's the point of great acting if the story is weak?
We never know what happened before and after this movie. This is the way it should be. If you want to see the big, evil Man throw these people into the Cube, go watch a Hollywood movie. I see this movie as possibly a metaphor for life, as pretentious as that sounds. You don't know what was once before and you don't know what's after. As one character proclaimed, we don't know why or how it came about except that he was part of it. They kept building and architecting it but it never seemed to have a purpose. It was self-perpetuating to no true end at all.
The acting was solid if not spectacular. Yes, the characters were a bit one dimensional but then again what exactly can you development in such a situation?
I could go on and on but I won't. Rent this movie.