You've barely scratched the surface...

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2002)

This is an excellent film, possibly one of the best sci-fi films of recent years. The premise is fairly simple, as you will have gathered. 6 strangers trapped in a series of interlocking cubes, each has a skill that could help get them out.
A lot of messages on this board whine on about the lack of ending, the fact that nothing is explained. But that is the beauty of this film, that things don't have to BE explained. It doesn't matter why or how or whatfor. I personally hate being walked through films holding on to the director's hand. I would much rather think about what the film told ME. What I made from the events. There are so many hidden depths in this film that some of the reviews barely even touched on. The main one being philosophy - and the fact that each character represents a different aspect of it. Take Leaven who belongs to the Epistemology branch - the philosophy of knowledge. She reasons the cube as a mathematical puzzle and that by knowing the rules, they can get out. Each character attaches a different meaning to the cube and it in turn affects their relationship with it.
If you didn't like this film, then go back to your Scream or I Know What You Did... (not that they were bad). If you don't like this film for the reason that you wanted an explanation then you should consider it as a challenge to the way you think. I think, therefore I am. I don't watch and get told, therefore I am.