Movie Review: Cube (1997)

Cube is one of those films that is on the fringe between sci-fi, and horror. It fits into both fairly well. The film is about a group of strangers who find each other while traveling through a maze of square rooms. They don’t know how they got there. All they know is that they are very confused and that each one of them must be there for a reason. Each room has hatches that can be opened to move to the next room. One in the center on the ceiling, floor, and on each of the walls. Each room has some weird spaceship vibe and design, and some rooms have dangerous traps in them.

There really isn’t a lot of action, as they are pretty much just crawling through hatches from room to room, trying to figure out some sort of pattern to help navigate them through the maze. It has enough to keep it interesting, as you never know what traps can be found in each room, some of which are pretty gnarly, and the dialogue between the characters is pretty good for the most part. Things get heated between them at times and make for some good tension. There are a couple of sequels to this, and a re-make is supposedly in the works by Lionsgate. This seems like a film that would actually benefit from a reboot with the technology around today. There is a lot they could do with this story. It’s hard to comment on, as there really isn’t a lot going on most of the time, but this is a classic from the ’90s that is definitely worth a watch for anyone who hasn’t seen it.