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Cube
1997
Six Strangers awaken from their daily lives to find themselves trapped in a surreal prison - a seemingly endless maze of interlocking cubical chambers armed with lethal booby traps. None of these people knows why or how they were imprisoned... But it soon emerges that each of them has a skill that could contribute to their .. Read more
| Starring | Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Wayne Robson, Maurice Dean Wint |
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| Director | Vincenzo Natali |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Cube
Six Strangers awaken from their daily lives to find themselves trapped in a surreal prison - a seemingly endless maze of interlocking cubical chambers armed with lethal booby traps. None of these people knows why or how they were imprisoned... But it soon emerges that each of them has a skill that could contribute to their escape. Who created this diabolical maze, and why? There are unanswered questions on every side, whilst personality conflicts and struggles for power emerge as the tension rises. But one thing is crystal clear: unless they can learn to co-operate to work out the secrets of this deadly trap, none of them has very long to live.
| Starring | Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Wayne Robson, Maurice Dean Wint |
|---|---|
| Director | Vincenzo Natali |
| Studio | FIRST INDEPENDENT VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films, 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 17 Jan 2000 Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
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In this sci-fi thriller, six strangers wake up to find themselves in a 14ft by 14ft cube. When they try to get out they find they are snared in a seemingly endless maze of interlocking cubicles armed with lethal booby traps. How did they get there? Why have they been incarcerated? Director Vincenzo Natali's extraordinary debut feature takes a unique idea and milks its potential to the maximum with panache and visual dexterity. Genuinely creepy and gory, with the discernible influence of David Cronenberg, this puzzler is awash with bold ideas and unsettling tension.
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Spatially confined but intellectually expansive, this micro budget sci-fi movie is driven by conceptual ideas and... read more on Time Out
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49 out of 80 people found this review helpful
Low budget, high quality
It has to be said, if you can't afford special effects and huge sets you have to think really hard about everything else. That is evident here. This film was clearly made for less than my credit card bill and is very very good with it.
Moody, surprising, very well shot and with an excellent set of players. Despite a very simple idea, this film is never dull or predictable. Good stuff. (The gore is suprisingly.. well, gory for a 15 certificate though... Just a wee word of caution.) -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
not 13 ghosts!!!
I did expect this to be like 13 ghosts where the cube rooms move round and let out a monster or something but no this is nothing like that...a good film in it's own right but after reading the synopsis you are led to believe(if you've seen it that is) that this film is just like the forementioned 13 ghosts-not!!!
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Cube
Six Strangers awaken from their daily lives to find themselves trapped in a surreal prison - a seemingly endless maze of interlocking cubical chambers armed with lethal booby traps. None of these people knows why or how they were imprisoned... But it soon emerges that each of them has a skill that ...
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