Cube is an interesting movie with an original premise and plays strongly on fears most of us can relate to. Unfortunately, what it brings to the table in terms of atmosphere and intellectual horror is squandered by the inclusion of characters I found hard to like or care about. If you don’t know the plot of the film already, it is almost better to go in with as little knowledge as possible. In this way you can discover the secrets of the Cube as the characters solve them, which is a nice device to build tension and keep the viewer engaged. The Cube basically serves as both prison and execution chamber for the unfortunates trapped within. Those inside the Cube have no knowledge of why or how they came to be imprisoned, and their relationship to one another is unclear. Those trapped in the Cube include a police officer, a student, a doctor, an architectural engineer, an escape artist, and an idiot savant. Their roles within the Cube are interesting but I only really cared about one of the above characters and they didn’t make it. In fact, the ending of the movie for me was highly unsatisfying in many ways. It seemed almost tacked on and very few of the more interesting questions concerning the Cube are answered. There is a pretty good joke in the movie for folks who have seen the film Nothing, which was one of my favorite parts, but really it was kind of out of place and most folks won’t get it. I don’t expect to be spoon-fed the answers, or always relate to the personalities introduced in the films I see, but I just didn’t care who, if anyone, escaped the Cube. I liked certain aspects of the movie well enough (special effects, the ingenuity of the traps, etc.) to feel like I hadn’t wasted my time, but in the end I was disappointed.

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