Se7en meets Cube

Rating: 5/10 (4 November 2018)

I don't care much for this film. My main reason for not liking this film is because almost the entire movie ripped off two movies that I do like. Those films are called Se7en and Cube. Both of these films were released within a ten year span of Saw and both were good. Cube's acting and effects aren't great but the concept makes up for it. Se7en is a gritty, suspenseful masterpiece. Saw is a pretty blatant rip off of both. I understand that most films are rip offs of other films but again, these both came out within a ten year range of Saw. That's a little much. Try ripping off something older next time and try not to be quite so blatant about it. I mean, watching Danny Glover rush to save the day was almost a frame for frame replication of Freeman chasing down Pitt and John Doe.
The film is graphically violent and the plot is pretty basic. Two guys wake up in a room and have to figure out why they're there and how to escape. There's torture devices, red herrings, plot twists, good guys, bad guys, etc. It ends pretty well, although half of it's very predictable, the other half is pretty smart.
Had I not already seen all the film's that this movie stole from, I would likely reward it with an additional star or two but that wasn't the case. So, you may like it more than me. If you have seen those films, you'll quickly realize what I am talking about. This is not the most gruesome or brutal film that I have ever seen but I also own Traces of Death on DVD...so, gore doesn't exactly disturb me. That, said, if you're squeamish, it might disturb you.
There's one more reason that I don't like this film...the sequels...knock it off!!! The villain's been dead forever! Think of something original for a change!