Fear... Paranoia... Suspicion... Desperation

Rating: 5/10 (25 September 2007)

Six different people, each from a very different walk of life, awaken to find themselves inside a giant cube with thousands of possible rooms. Each has a skill that becomes clear when they must band together to get out: a cop, a math whiz, a building designer, a doctor, an escape master, and a disabled man. Each plays a part in their thrilling quest to find answers as to why they've been imprisoned.
So for you people who are researching this movie because of "Saw", I guess it's worth watching. For those who haven't seen "Saw" but somehow researched this film for some reason, then I guess it's worth watching. I say this for one reason: It might or will determine how you will like or not like the movie.
Why? If you have seen films with people waking up and finding themselves being tortured or killed (which probably is what modern horror movies are these days), "Cube" plays like any of these movies, but it's not fair because this film was made in 1997.
This is basically a body count movie with some intelligence. You can see surprises coming far away and the film is mostly suspense-free and the whole film basically follows a pattern: Room, room, surprise, kill, room, room surprise kill, math room, room, more math, math, room, kill, surprise, math, math, room, room, etc.
See, I might have liked this movie more if I haven't seen any movies that are related to this one. Now I have to admit there were some surprising moments and one tense scene, but I really did not find this movie any different than what we see today in horror movies. Also, the performances by the ensemble is decent.
Like I said, if you have seen no movies related to this, this is worth watching. If not, there's nothing new here.