Certainly one that I would recommend...

Rating: 8/10 (11 March 2005)

PLEASE NOTE Â– MILD SPOILERS WITHIN
6 people wake up in a prison of multicoloured, CUBE shaped rooms, most of which are filled with traps. They have to escape.
That's it? Certainly what I though when the film was introduced to me. Don't be fooled though, there is much more to CUBE than its concept would make you think.
The focus in CUBE is not so much the story but the characters within it, how they interact and react to each other and what is going on around them. It explores how easily a person can 'turn' with the need to survive. CUBE is ultimately a look at human nature done in an interesting and wholly original way.
Not that there isn't a good story as well, full of twists, revelations and tense moments, not to mention maths.
The sets are imaginative (considering they only had one sound stage to film in and a limited budget). There are also great performances from all members of the small cast, while director Vincenzo Natali creates brilliant tension with his camera work, angles, and pacing.
CUBE is probably not a film to everyone's taste, but it is certainly one that I would recommend to Sci Fi fans and / or psychological thriller fans alike, especially if you are looking for a relief from the action bred 'spoon feeding' that some films seem to provide these days. I certainly found it entertaining.