Movie a Day #164 - Cube

[jf-08]

I rented this one late one night because nothing else seemed to be intriguing. I didn't expect much out of this film. However, I was pleasantly surprised at this sci-fi-thriller-pseudo-horror movie.

This was a very iteresting and original movie. I highly recommend this if you like this genre.


from IMDB:
Seven 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 wiz, 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.

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[Chaplin]

I've heard that the scene in Resident Evil, in the tunnel where the lasers take out 3 of the soliders, was an homage to a scene in Cube. Is that true?

 

[jf-08]

I've heard that the scene in Resident Evil, in the tunnel where the lasers take out 3 of the soliders, was an homage to a scene in Cube. Is that true?

I have only seen bits & pieces of RE so I missed that part. This is the 1st that I've heard of this.

RE is definitely on my must see list.

 

[mdamien13]

I've heard that the scene in Resident Evil, in the tunnel where the lasers take out 3 of the soliders, was an homage to a scene in Cube. Is that true?

Yup. And that's one of the reasons why so many fanboys (myself included) didn't care for Resident Evil. Here you have a movie where it's supposed to be marauding zombies and mutated freaks hunting you down, and instead you have most of the cast killed in a hallways by lasers.

Liked Cube. Caught it on Sci Fi a while back then rented it to see it "uncut". Good choice!

 

[Ryanwb]

If I was judging this movie by the picture i would say it was a movie about a guy who is stuck in an air conditioning vent

 

[maddogkf]

I loved this flick. Totally original!

http://www.cubethemovie.com/

 

[Krangodnzr]

If I was judging this movie by the picture i would say it was a movie about a guy who is stuck in an air conditioning vent

 

[jf-08]

I loved this flick. Totally original!

http://www.cubethemovie.com/

and I want to thank my bro for recommending this one to me then!

thanks maddog

 

[Beaver]

This movie was awsome. Someone rented it and I watched it because I thought the name was cool. Probably didn't cost much to make either. I saw Cube 2 just recently, kinda the same thing with a more sophisticated cube.

 

[Bada0Bing]

Recently watched it. Interesting movie. The interaction between the characters was very intriguing, even though I thought they tended to overact a bit.

The movie was shot on a Toronto soundstage. Only one "cube", measuring 14 by 14 by 14 feet, was built. The colour of the room was changed by sliding panels. Since this task was a time-consuming procedure, the movie was not shot in sequence; all shots taking place in rooms of a specific colour were shot one at a time.