Makes me proud I'm from the same country as this flick...

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2002)

Spoiler Alert A mind-boggingly amazing movie. What can I say about it? Well, for starters, it conjures up more suspence than many Hollywood action movies. The nature of the rooms and of the Cube itself is just chilling as you sit and try to figure out what the characters are trying to figure out.
And as for the characters, they are amazing. When we first meet them, they seem stereotypical, but this works to the advantage of the movie as their depth is further explored, confirming that although the stereotypes are true, their is a genuine motivation and psychology behind them (as with real human beings.)
The fact that this movie was literally shot with one primary set and maybe two more sets (for the cube exterior and hallway) at the most is just amazing. The movie is completely character driven as the people trapped within the cube go from fighting the cube itself to fighting each other.
The movie, we discover in the end, is about the inner workings of man. The characters (all named after prisons) are all prisoners of themselves, of their own negative emotions, of their own weaknesses. Quentin's brutality, Leaven's intellectual isolation, Rennes' cockiness, Kazan's innocence, Holloway's outspokeness to cover herself, Worth's empty cynacism, repeated so many times its nothing more than a mantra.
This movie is genuinely suspenceful, truly terrifying, and completely fantastic. It is the indy-art flick by which all others should be measured. To compare, it honestly puts Reservoir Dogs and El Mariachi to shame in that those were stylistic action flicks pulled with no budget, while this is a stylish suspence movie with no budget. Now which do you think is harder to do?
If you love movies, rent this one. Its beyond incredible.