Cube
![]() Rating: ****.5 ( 4 and a half out of 5) Plot: The Village People and a mentally retarded man awaken to find themselves in an odd room that takes the shape of a cube. There are doors in all 6 surfaces that lead to other rooms that are exactly alike, with the exception of the ambient light color and the occasional homicidal booby trap. They have had all their possessions stripped and have been put into jumpsuits. They have no idea why or how they got there, or what the hell they are supposed to be doing. They laugh, they cry. They get each other killed and occasionally try to rape each other. Good times all around. Review: The acting is terrible. The script is even worse. How then, can I justify 4.5 stars? Because the idea is f’ing brilliant. With the combination of no-name actors, simple technical effects, and a set that pretty much consisted of one room, the producers were able to make an innovative and eminently watchable movie for a very small amount of money. They did obviously spend some cash on the cgi death sequences, and they were worth every penny – the opening sequence plays like a Tool music video. It’s hard not to get creeped out while watching this… it preys on so many common fears: claustrophobia, xenophobia, confusion, and helplessness. And plus, it has lots of fun math-y-ish themes, if you’re into that sort of thing. |
Notable scene: The math parts can be fun. Here’s a quote: “Leaven: Descartes! Quentin: What? Leaven: Cartesian coordinates. Of course! Coded cartesian coordinates. They’re used in geometry to plot Quentin: In English, slower.” Also worth a laugh is when Leaven is figuring out which numbers aren’t prime. It always takes her 3 seconds, even if the number ends in a 2. |
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October 10th, 2009 at
I’m curious what you think of the other Cube movies? I thought the sequel was pretty lame, but the prequel was kind of interesting and fun (though my expectations had been lowered at that point).