Clever, but not clever enough

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2000)

Hardly an original concept (look up "House of Stairs" by William Sleator), this is a tense and suspenseful movie, where the set is more of a star than the actors, all of whom play underwritten and stupid characters. I'm no math genius, but I'm fully aware that an even number is never going to be prime.
I got a kick out of it, once, but the ending soured me. It worked well as a metaphor for the human condition, I suppose, but on its own terms, the only thing I could get out of it was, How Pointless. What a Canadian thing to think. I think I'll go read the book again.