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Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The film that ignited my love for trap-based psychological horror. Many movies inspired by this classic have taken the formula in a different direction, focusing on the over-the-top gruesome kills. This is what sets the Cube so high in my opinion. The traps are there and they create a sense of ever present dread, but what makes Cube great is its characters and the ever changing dynamic between them. As the paranoia and desperation ramp up, people reveal themselves for…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
This isn't a good Cube movie. Its not even a good movie! A very sanitized set and clean camera work drain all the grittiness out of this one and they removed much of the 'spy in our midst' narrative which created a really tense group dynamic in the original. In fact, most of the group don't really have a lot going on besides Goto, who is so much of a main character that one of the traps is a professionally…