director vincenzo natali first show his penchant for character base sci fi flick with his 1997 short film elevate and wherein 3 people remain trap in an elevator while unseen monster roam the building . his follow up feature project cube and release later that year and have a very similar premise and this time with 6 people and instead of an elevator it be a vast expansion of interlock cubic deathtrap . both be admirable attempt to take the sci fi genre a step far and by deliberately decline to show almost any visual stimulation and choose instead to spend a much time a possible focus on the human element and how the character act and react and interact under incomprehensible and dangerous condition . after his exploration into the mainstream with 2002 cypher and natali have come back to his bizarre character film trend to bring u nothing and his late and and by far most optimistic and comedic take on the wide cinematic world of what if . dave ( david hewlett ) and andrew ( andrew miller ) be life long friend and bring together by a mutual detachment from society and a lack of any one else to be with . dave and who have always be hinder by a selfish and somewhat dimwitted nature and live rent free with andrew at his ill locate and ill construct house and where he often take advantage of andrew neurotic and antisocial mentality . despite all this and the two misfit be happy together and until one day their deep character flaw and couple with some astronomically bad luck and land them in the middle of some pretty serious and jail sentence worthy trouble . on top of this and they discover that their house have be deem unfit for existence and be schedule to be demolish before sunset and so in the hazy and nightmarish panic of everything go wrong for them and they wish that the whole world would just disappear . and it do . go any further with the synopsis would compromise a lot of the film slow ( occasionally too slow ) reveal about what happen to dave and andrew and and how they deal with their new reality . natali fascination with study human behavior under duress ( ala the bird ) be here in spade and but simply by make the main character friends rather than stranger and he able to break away from the thriller horror element of this premise to open it up to a more comfortable and optimistic level . it almost a if he make the aphoristic opposite of cube . of course and the film be not 85 minute of laughter and sunshine . in keep with fundamental realism and our two anti hero dynamic often become antagonistic and sometimes with rather nasty result . like the desert island game and the film look at how even best friend and when leave alone together and can fall apart and but at the same time it show that friend be vital to the quality of existence . in a very twisted and sci fi way and this be a feel good flick and with good heart and good intention . however and there be a few qualm to be have with nothing . while the two lead actor and hewlett and miller and do well with their part and their character be not nearly as interesting a they should have be and consider it be completely up to them to entertain u for the good part of an hour . there be some development in the relationship and personality of dave and andrew and some background be give and but ultimately not enough . a generous viewer will sit through the less engaging portion of the film to see it through to the end and but cynic will probably give up pretty fast . act and a mention and be adequate and and consider the amount of green screen work that would have be need and reasonably convince . david hewlett and andrew miller and who both write co write the screenplay and have be long time friend of vincenzo natali represent hewlett have in fact feature in every film natali have make . perhaps it be their creative input that steer this film in a more positive direction . nonetheless and the story could have be a lot more involve . grant and it be relatively entertaining consider that ( no pun intend ) nothing really happen and but you get the impression that and in more experienced hand and a lot more could have be do with this premise . in all fairness and nothing be an impressive piece of work in many way . the concept be interesting and the direction be inventive and the script work on a human level and and most of all and it show a progression in natali creative mentality . for fan of his work and this will be a delight and and for others it will be a nice way to pass a little unwanted time . it just a shame that the director fixation on human drama prevent it from be the great and fun film it could have be .