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Today's film was Cube. This is my first time watching it. This is a 1997 film about 6 people stuck in a giant cube shaped puzzle. In some rooms are deadlh traps and others are safe. It's basically Saw before Saw and less violent and more thinking. This film has a great concept but doesn't hold up by todays standard.
The plot works. The puzzle is fun to solve and it was great when they got another clue because then I was thinking along with them. With the whole film taking place in the puzzle, it made you feel like they felt. No flashbacks or any visual backstory makes this claustrophobic. With these twists and turns the pace never slows down and that made this film fun to watch.
With no big name actors is where the film struggles. The acting is terrible. Terrible. The lead guy seems like is in a school play. Now bad acting I can usually get over if the story is intriguing and this story just barely helps. This film is its for its own time, the 90s. Everything about it feels 90s and the acting is really where it shines. Take an average film from the 90s, with the standard acting and this film is exactly that. For that reason, I won't re watch this film. It's just too much.
With a great idea and execution of the story, the film does suffer from it's characters. I don't want to spoil anything but one character's transformation feels forced. They needed some more entertainment and they made this character try to become interesting. Each character is different and they all have a "skill" that comes in handy when solving the puzzle. But the interactions and emotions between them feels weird. When you finally get to the end it doesn't work. Maybe it's because the newer films with this type of premise seem to have developed characters but even the Saw films which I don't like, have something with the characters that is fun to watch. The dialogue throughout, especially the end, struggles to make these characters seem real.
Overall the film is good. The puzzle is interesting and the pace of the clues works well. But the unrealistic characters and the lack of any kind of backstory or overall connection between the people falls short. There is never any solution to why they are there. Now that doesn't bother me but the ending doesn't leave you with anything to come away with and that's what makes this film from great to good.The first scene before the title is great and the film should of stayed with the mystery of that scene.
Positives: Puzzle/Idea, Pace
Negatives: Unreal characters, acting, no reason
Score 3.5/5
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