Cube

July 11th, 1998







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Cube

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Plot
7 complete strangers of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in an endless kafkaesque maze containing deadly traps.

Release Year: 1997

Rating: 7.5/10 (72,999 voted)

Critic's Score: 61/100

Director: Vincenzo Natali

Stars: Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett

Storyline
Six different people, each from a very different walk of life, awaken to find themselves inside a giant cube with thousands of possible rooms. Each has a skill that becomes clear when they must band together to get out: a cop, a math whiz, a building designer, a doctor, an escape master, and a disabled man. Each plays a part in their thrilling quest to find answers as to why they've been imprisoned.

Writers: André Bijelic, Vincenzo Natali

Cast:
Maurice Dean Wint - Quentin
David Hewlett - Worth
Nicole de Boer - Leaven
Nicky Guadagni - Holloway
Andrew Miller - Kazan
Julian Richings - Alderson
Wayne Robson - Rennes

Taglines: Don't Look For A Reason... Look For A Way Out

Release Date: 11 July 1998

Filming Locations: Wallace Avenue Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office Details

Budget: $CAD365,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $57,147 (USA) (13 September 1998) (16 Screens)

Gross: $501,818 (USA)



Technical Specs

Runtime:



Did You Know?

Trivia:
Not only are the characters named after prisons but they reflect the prisons themselves. Example: Kazan (the mentally challenged character), in Russia is a disorganized prison. Rennes (the "mentor") was a jail that pioneered many of today's prison policies. Quentin (the detective) is known for its brutality. Holloway is a women's prison, and Alderson is a prison where isolation is a common punishment. Leavenworth runs to a rigid set of rules (Leaven's mathematics), and the new prison is corporately owned and built (Worth, hired as an architect).

Goofs:
Continuity: Quentin beats Worth brutally with a boot, clearly ready to kill him or at least to knock him out. However, Worth stands up again with only one bruise under his right eye, a single scratch, and a stream of blood running from his ear. These are what Star Trek fans call "tasteful wounds," referring to Captain Kirk frequently receiving a thin slice of blood across the cheekbone, chest, or shoulder.

Quotes:
Leaven: This room moves to 0, 1, and -1 on the X-axis, 2, 5, and -7 on the Y and 1, -1, and 0 on zed.
Quentin: And what does that mean?
Leaven: You suck at math.



User Review

This is one freaky movie...

Rating:

Cube is a movie that explores human nature and our instinctive urges for survival vs our humanitarianism. Not a new concept, I know, however this movie does it in style, with a plot so simple that it could only be the work of a conceptual genius. I don't intend to give too much away, as the power of the film lies in it's mystery, but I will say that this movie could almost be classified as disturbing, not due to its content, but rather the thoughts that it instills in the audience. I found myself rather shaken as I left the cinema, feeling as though I had been exposed to an ugly, hidden side of humanity and society. Don't get me wrong, this movie is definitely worth seeing, I would even be so bold as to say that it must be seen! I must admit that there are few movies I have seen that have had such a profound affect on me, and I don't think I am alone in my feelings.





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