Cube (1997) poster
1997 · sci-fi · horror · thriller

Cube

Directed by Vincenzo Natali1h 30m1997
ElsewhereIMDb7.1260kRT61%Metacritic61TMDB6.85k
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • intense
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • cold
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Heavy, kinetic, extreme sci-fi / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

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A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.

Our read · Cube (1997) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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You love puzzle-box dread where strangers decode a lethal maze together.

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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Skip it tonightClaustrophobia or trap gore makes you bail before the first room.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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