Not Bad At All

Rating: 5/10 (16 January 2015)

A handful of strangers wake up in a room, not knowing where they are or why they are there. They soon realise that they are trapped in some kind of cubed contraption where all joining rooms appear to be the same. They quickly find out, however, that all the rooms are not the same as some are booby trapped and some are not. Not knowing if they are there purely for someone's sick entertainment or if they are part of some kind of government experiment, they have to try and all work together to figure out what rooms are safe and how to get out alive.
OK straight to the point here - if you don't like slower-paced movies or films where you have to think about things then don't even bother with this one as you will not like it. Also, if you're hoping that it's some kind of gore-filled Saw "lookalike" then, again, you'll be disappointed.
Cube is a pretty decent psychological sci-fi thriller and is actually an original and clever idea as this was done in the days long before movies like Saw and The Collector. As mentioned before, it is quite a slow-paced movie, but you don't really get bored when watching it because you get drawn into the story and it does tick along pretty nicely, gradually building up suspense as it goes along.
Some of the traps in the movie are so simple but they work so well, especially the very first one you see in the opening scene, and some of the effects are really well done especially for such a low-budget film. The only real downside is that some of the acting from Maurice Dean Wint who plays Quentin is a little bit over the top, but it's not enough to really ruin the movie.
Cube is yet more proof that a little low-budget independent movie can do just as good as the big blockbusters that cost hundreds of millions of $, if not sometimes better.
A pretty decent film to watch.