There may be spoilers in this review.
At about 45 minutes in to “The Box” I was pretty sure I could see the ending.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing, especially for a suspense/horror flick. As the master of the genre, Hitchcock, explained, suspense is built when the audience knows something’s going to happen but the characters don’t.
The question is, is the journey there a satisfying one? Does the end make sense for these characters?
Well, I thought so. Mostly. I didn’t entirely feel that the punishment fit the crime, but… OK.
But some of the odd turns and plot points seemed superfluous. Mars? The wedding? The creepy student? Waiting through all that made the movie a bit tedious. Just a tad.