I first saw the second Cube film, Hypercube, and since it left me confused, I thought watching the first one would clear things up. Wrong presumption completely – if possible, I was even more confused afterwards. What was the point of everything? Where is the cube? What happens in the end?

I like the idea of the film, the story is fascinating even though it’s so simple. The execution, however, was a bit disappointing. Not much character development (not that much depth in them either), the plot was too predictable (except for the end – that was probably the best part of the whole film) and in whole the film left too many questions open. I like films that don’t explain everything or point things blatantly to the viewer, but when there’s nothing to hold on to, the film becomes too abstract and incomprehensible.

I would have wanted to like this film more, but not being able to get a better grasp of it, I have to say that it was ‘just okay’.