Involving and surprising treat

Rating: 10/10 (14 July 2001)

With one set, a budget smaller than the catering cost for Phantom Menace, and a cast of unknowns, Cube has no right being as good a film as it is.
On the downside, the plot is simplistic, the characters thinly (but well) written and there are no surprises in the dialogue. The strength of Cube lies in its inexorable grind towards an inevitable human conclusion. I found myself immediately hooked, then intrigued, then finally engrossed by the claustrophobic and oppressive journey through the Cube, a journey both in time and space and in the stripping bare (figuratively and semi-literally) of the protagonists.
Claustrophobics beware, this is a stifling film in every way. But it's a powerful film, and well worth sticking with until the very last scene.