Cube

Summary: Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps.

Release Date: December 10, 1997

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Vincenzo Natali

Writers: André Bijelic

, Vincenzo Natali

, Graeme Manson

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cube Libre, Odeon Films, Ontario Film Development Corporation, The Feature Film Project, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Téléfilm Canada, Viacom Canada

Distributor: Trimark Pictures

Country: Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 365,000

Domestic: $ 501,818

International: $ 63,909

Cast

Stars:

Supporting cast:

Other Cast, Production

Other cast:

Production:

Representation

Tags / Keywords

acid acid burn allegory alternate reality ambiguous ending ambush amnesia attempted murder autism autistic savant barefoot beating betrayal black comedy black police officer bleeding to death blood blood on shirt blood splatter bloody hand blue light booby trap boot boots brawl broken glasses brutality burned face button calling for help canadian horror canadian science fiction canuxploitation character repeats someone else's dialogue character's point of view camera shot characters murdered one by one claustrophobia cliimbing hand over hand climbing close up of eye close up of eyes conspiracy theorist conspiracy theory corpse covered in blood crushed to death cube cult film cut into pieces cynicism danger death decapitation deceased by male police officer deception designer desperation dialogue heavy diced die hard scenario directorial debut dismemberment doctor door dropped from height elevator equation escape escape artist escape attempt existentialism exploitation extreme close up f word face burn face slap factoring factors falling from height falling to death false accusation fear female doctor fight first of series first part fistfight flamethrower french canadian game of death gore graphic violence green light head caught in a door hole in face hostage huis clos impalement imprisonment improvised weapon independent film insanity irony kafka esque kidnapping knifing knocked out labyrinth leg cut leg ripped off lifting a female into the air lifting someone into the air light locked in a room locked room mystery low budget film man murders a woman mathematician mathematics maze melting face mental retardation metaphor minimal cast montage moral dilemma motion sensor murder near death experience nihilism nihilist no opening credits numbers office worker offscreen killing one day timespan one word title opening a door panic paranoia permutation philosophy police police officer police officer killed prime number prime numbers prison prisoner prologue psychological horror psychological thriller punched in the belly punched in the chest punched in the face puzzle race against time red light redemption reference to big brother reference to george orwell's 1984 reference to harry houdini reference to james bond rescue revenge room savant self sacrifice severed arm severed head severed leg shank shard shiv single set production slamming a door slow motion scene small cast sociopath sole black character dies cliche sole survivor spectacles sprayed with acid stabbed in the back stabbed in the chest stranger subjective camera subterranean surprise ending surrealism survival survival horror suspense suspicion symbolism tension three digit number timeframe 1990s title spoken by character tragedy trap trapdoor trapped in a room unsolved mystery urinating urination waking in a strange place whodunnit mystery woman wears eyeglasses written by director wrongful imprisonment

Similar Movies

Parental Guide

Global Consensus

Cube

Stars:

Supporting cast:

Other cast:

Production:

Audience Reviews:

Critic Reviews:

Internet Zeitgest:

Comments: