Cube
1997
**
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Cast: Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Julian Richings, Wayne Robson, Maurice Dean Wint
A group of strangers find themselves imprisoned inside a maze of trap-filled cubic rooms which are connected to each other by doors on all six faces. Who is behind this diabolical scheme? Why did they do it? Why were these particular people selected? Do not expect to get answers to the questions above, or to the ones below. Where is this gigantic structure? How many years did it take to construct? How were the victims abducted and brought inside the cube? What is the point of the film? Kudos to Vincenzo Natali for creating a tense little horror scenario in an extremely limited environment. His film works perfectly fine on a conceptual level, but as a piece of human drama it's complete nonsense. It's a shame Natali couldn't inhabit his confined space with more interesting characters or develop a plot which is not so predictably cynical.
