Best Film I've Seen in a Long, Long Time

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2005)

**MAY contain mini-spoilers but nothing blatant** I was crying out for something original with depth and, with it's near 'Blade Runner' factor in the sense that years and years later this film will achieve it's proper standing, i discovered 'Cube'. There is just so much to enjoy about the film and it's 'hidden content' if you know your films. Top notch acting especially under such difficult circumstances, a simple but utterly compelling plot, very sound direction and overall first class on any budget. Some important moments in the film's beginning include the discussion about any of them knowing how they got there (crucial as it leads the way to the only plausible ending), as well as Quentin's comment which enlightens all that they have been given the means to escape with the skills each character has (Holloway being a Doctor etc). In other words 'they' (whoever they are?) have played fair but of course no amount of booby traps in a concealed space with time running out, highlighted early on by comments made by firstly Rennes and then Holloway, can prevent mankind's real enemy succeeding in it's demise and that is mankind itself. The longer the movie goes the more desperate the characters become intensified by the cop, Quentin. This film will become a classic in a few years to come simply because it has to. Important, Intelligent, Intense, Intriguing, Gripping. This is a film that needs to be seen with the mind. Best film i've seen in a long, long time and, like 'Blade Runner' many years earlier, has so much more to it than one viewing shows.