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.
Practical Effects
Those color-coded death rooms? Built for $350K total budget.
Acting
David Hewlett's nervous breakdown deserves an award.
Writing
Prime number as survival key? Chef's kiss.
Director
Vincenzo Natali
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a single 14×14×14 foot set with removable panels—actors genuinely couldn't tell which walls were trapped.
The 'Cube' itself became a metaphor for faceless institutional evil in Canadian cinema, spawning an entire low-budget franchise nobody asked for but everyone respects.
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