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This film is hard to review. I can't really tell if I love it, or hate it.
Let's start with how awesome the concept is. The concept is awesome. Fuck yes, I'd rate the concept. You take a handful of people, and you lock them in a giant puzzle. And none of them has any idea why they're there, or how they got there. I don't know why, but I'm a sucker for shit like this. Particularly when you're just as clueless as the characters in the film.
On each side of the rooms, there's a door. Through each door is a room of a different color. The camera never leaves the puzzle. This type of movie tends to make me wet, and I don't know why.
Okay, so there are problems with this movie. A lot of problems with this movie. Problems with this movie that shouldn't be problems with this movie. It's kind of like Dark City, in that, the concept and what they're going for is awesome, but the delivery fails to amaze me. Of course, the difference between this and Dark City, is that I saw this when I was nine, and Dark City ten years later, when I was much harsher a critic.
The mathematics of the film. They make no sense. Which is bullshit, because it's a driving force in solving the puzzle. The numbers by the doors are supposed to create a map of sorts of the puzzle, telling them which rooms are trapped and which rooms are safe. And where the exit might be. And, again, it makes no sense.
They were going the right direction with the characters. They fight and try to fuck each other over. I'm not sure if it's the acting, the dialogue, or a lack of specific characterization that bothers me about them. Maybe a mixture of all of it. But even though they're headed in the right direction, it still manages to fail.

I want to like this movie, just like I want to like Dark City. Though, this one's by far easier to accept, and it might be because I first saw it ten years ago, and liked it a lot.

But, shit. I dunno. It could be a piece of shit. It could be a great film. I feel like they should have tried harder.