A good film, but lacks accuracy

Rating: 7/10 (28 February 2006)

The general premise of 'Cube' is very good. A group of strangers have to work their way out of some kind of 3D moving maze, and they discover they each have talents which are critical to escaping.
However, while the math girl is given some kind of 'genius' aura, it's a well known joke between people even vaguely versed in maths that the writers of the show don't have a GCSE or high school diploma (depending which country you're in) related to maths to rub between them.
Maths lesson 101, if a number ends in 2,4,6, 8 or 0, it's a multiple of 2. If it ends in 5 or 0, it's a multiple of 5. There are other tricks too (sum of digits being a multiple of 3 means the number itself is a multiple of 3, via modular arithmetic) but the glaring errors in the maths whiz's skills makes it no longer a tense horror film, but a comical farce.
Should you be less of a pedant than myself and friends then it's a very good watch. Certainly superior to the 2 sequels! Still, if the writers managed to get 'Is 405 prime?..........no!" into the script, I worry for the mental arithmetic skills of the US as a whole.