Loved the Movie, Hated the Ending

Rating: 7/10 (19 February 2016)

This was an intelligently written movie that probably took considerable time to write. This was a movie that movies such as "Circle" imitate but cannot duplicate.
Seven strangers wake up in a foreign place wearing prison uniforms with their last names on them. They're in cube shaped rooms that have six doors to other like rooms but not all rooms are safe to go to. They must put all of their skill sets together in order to find a way out.
The story was great even if the acting was so-so. The acting wouldn't have been half bad if it weren't for Maurice Dean Wint who played Quentin. He was so exaggerated with his speech and facial expressions that it became, at worst, a parody and at least obnoxious. He talked in a Christian Bale Batman voice without the benefit of a mask and the need to hide his identity. He also frequently showed the whites of his eyes just to clearly signal he was in fact crazy.
The other characters were tame in comparison and far more likable if not believable. Having an unlikable character is no cinematic crime, but having a caricature is.
Still the movie was great. The cube was the mother of all math problems with life or death consequences. Nothing I'd want to be a part of but it was a blast to watch others wriggle and squirm.