Brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (28 April 2005)

I just watched this again today, and it still ranks as one of my all-time faves. It doesn't have as many cool traps and creative deaths as the other _Cube_ movies, but what it lacks in gore, it more than makes up for with its good acting and characters. It's fascinating to watch the charas' relationships evolve, from initial paranoia (who are these people and where do they come from?) to a spirit of camaraderie as they feel determined to solve the puzzle, deteriorating back to paranoia, fear, and hatred as the cube proves harder to solve than anyone expected. If you want to see a big, scary, trap-filled cube kill a lot of people in new and interesting ways, watch the other movies, though; this one is about the people.