Cube
1997 · Movie · R · 90 min · ★ 6.8 · 61% critics
A group of strangers wakes up trapped inside a shifting, maze-like prison filled with deadly traps. With no clear explanation for why they’re there, they must rely on their different skills, logic, and uneasy teamwork to navigate room by room before fear and desperation tear them apart.
Also known as Cube 1 · The CUBE
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1998-07-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (5,230 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tight, claustrophobic sci-fi thriller built on puzzles, paranoia, and survival tension, like Cypher or Gattaca; Not for you if you need clear explanations, likable characters, or a neat, closed ending.
Pros: inventive trapped-maze premise; tense survival pressure; memorable traps and puzzles | Cons: uneven acting and dialogue; confusing, unanswered questions; ending may disappoint
Themes
- escape
- entrapment
- riddle
- autism
- mathematics
- claustrophobia
- maze
- prime number
- psychology
- trapdoor
- gore
- trap
- +11 more
Awards & recognition
- Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award · 1998
Cast & crew
Nicole De Boer
as Leaven
Nicky Guadagni
as Holloway
Maurice Dean Wint
as Quentin
David Hewlett
as Worth
Andrew Miller
as Kazan
Wayne Robson
as Rennes
Julian Richings
as Alderson
Directed by Vincenzo Natali