Pre-Saw

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2006)

The idea of sticking strangers in potentially life-threatening situations and seeing how they interact is essentially the basis of Saw. "Cube" is simply less gory and less frightening. Although certain plot holes made the acting slightly superficial (Come on? Not even the doctor could determine that Kazan was an idiot-savant?), the idea was very original for its time. I was extremely disappointed in the end, though. It took the easy way out. You mean the girl who solved the entire puzzle doesn't get to make it out alive? And all Quentin gets after being a horrible person the entire movie is a slight wait until the next bridge comes by? I thought he deserved a much more brutal punishment. Butother than that, the movie was fairly decent. It'll be interesting to see if the sequels will fall short.