A film with great potential that was sadly never realized.

Rating: Null/10 (20 March 2002)

It is unfortunate that Cube, a motion picture equipped with a fascinating premise, became drowned in banality and stupidity for it had the appearance of an excellent film. *SPOILERS INCLUDED* Seven strangers awaken within the confines of an enormous facility, comprised of litteraly thousands of 14' by 16' feet, many of which are armed with lethal booby traps, which we discover when one man unwittingly wanders into a trapped room and is instaneously diced into cubes a network of wires. The remaining six must then decipher the mysterious inner machinations. As previously stated, the premise is a wondrous one, yet is the only aspect of Cube that is good. With the exception of David Hewlett (Worth), all of the actors are uniformly annoying, seemingly more concerned with the further progression of the plot than acting like acutal humans whom constantly spout shockingly dumb dialogue. Direction, while quite stylish, felt as filler for the bland characters and script. Honestly, Cube is a hard film to review. With a premise so simple, their are few aspects up for review, crafting quite an easy job for director Vincenzo Nitali (in his feature debut), but it only one amongst them was appreciable, that is simply not acceptable.

Grade: C-