Editorial Reviews

Another movie about a bunch of people trapped inside a Cube huh? Well it didn't work for the sequel in which they changed just about nothing but this time there's a twist to it and a deeper story which I really enjoyed. This time the traps are cooler, the characters are a bit less stupid and you don't have to feel sorry for anyone that dies since they're all prisoners. You see, the cube here is an experiment they use on convicts so basically it goes against the previous two movies but that didn't bother me one bit.

It's obvious that this is the Cube movie with the highest budget since not only the acting is better than in the previous two movies but also the directing is excellent. The movie is actually supposed to be a prequel but I had a hard time seeing that since the cube seems to be much more advanced and not to mention how brilliantly designed it is compared to the other two movies. In the end I was really happy to see that we finally got an explanation to the story of the Cube and it's a pretty damn clever one.

No matter how good this was I truly hope that this is the last Cube movie we get to see since there is nothing more to explore in this series. We've gotten all explanations and all the gore we can crave so if this is the last movie I think it's a pretty damn good way to finish the series. The fact does however remain that the first Cube movie is unbeatable. This movie couldn't have been better than it was. Do not miss this one if you liked the first one as it is far from as disappointing as Cube 2: Hypercube. One of the best horror movies of the year. Too bad that it's going straight to video.

Plot Summary

• Tagline: Isolation - Panic - Terror
• Plot Outline: A young man whose job is to watch over the Cube endeavours to rescue an innocent woman trapped in one of its rooms.
• Plot Synopsis: In this prequel to one of the most successful sci-fi thrillers of the last decade, a new group of unwilling participants frantically moves through an ominous construct of cube-shaped rooms. Each room holds the threat of hideously inventive and painful death. Finding the real exit, however, may not offer the freedom one seeks.

Product Details

• Actors: Zachary Bennett, David Huband, Stephanie Moore, Martin Roach, Terri Hawkes
• Directors: Ernie Barbarash
• Format: Closed-Captioned, Dolby Digital, Color, Letterbox, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: English
• Disc Origin: Region 1 (USA) Original
• Region: All
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (Letterbox)
• Number of discs: 1 (1 x DVD9)
• Rating: R
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: February 22, 2005
• Run Time: 97 minutes