Cube Zero
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Movie Reviews of Cube Zero
Movie Review: Missing the point
Summary: 2 Stars
It occurs to me that the previous reviewers have missed the point of Cube Zero. This is a comic book view of the idea. Look at the control room with its wires and gizmos, two regular Joes doing their jobs in overalls and very dim lighting. The Chess wiz gives away the comic book motif with his drawings of superheroes. Mysterious overlords and archaic elevators mixed with ultra high tech killing devices inside the cube maze. All that is missing are thought balloons and men in tights.
That said, I find it a step sideways, if not backwards. Mixing various doses of Terry Gilliam, Batman, Twilight Zone and X Files, the resulting stew lacks the necessary hot sauce to satisfy the palate. The ethical debate within the film is a stale distillation of George Orwell's dystopia Britain tinged with an Ayn Rand hangover.
In short, it takes itself too seriously to be enjoyable. The characters within the Cube this time are paper thin; their duty is to die in grisly manners. The two characters in the control room are fleshed out, yet superfluous.
The ending is intended to tie into Cube itself, with thick layers of irony, but it was uncovnincing to me. Overall, I find Cube 2 the best of the series (I know, I'm strictly in the minority on this view), Cube runs a tight second, and Cube Zero a distant third. The inevitable 4th installment will have to go far deeper into the whys and wherefores of this strange America in order to keep the tale going. I'll gladly stay tuned, no matter my distaste for this current episode.
Movie Review: Ack!
Summary: 2 Stars
So I couldn't wait for this movie to come out! I didn't know what to expect, I just couldn't wait to have another CUBE movie with 'traped' rooms (like the original). ACK! What did they do! Why!? one third of the movie is spent outside the cube. Very few clips were actually inside the cube! I wanted more Cube action than I did anything else! I require more cube- thus the name of the movie. More like "Cube- zero parts are inside". The special effects were not great... the acting- Oh please, put some feeling into it! The lines were bad. Just bad. They had me baffled. The end was a totaly WRONG and bad twist... Its like a love story except the girl hates the guy and suddenly loves him after he's 'missing' - for some reason... Some characters were SO corney. Do you know what.... no. The only reason I give this a 2 is because the parts inside the cube had my attenchen a little. Characters don't last long, though. And there arn't many to start with... Characters inside the cube were not even developed. The math is basicly the same- except letters. Sad things. You don't watch the people inside figure anything out (correctly) Then the letters go away... This movie needs to get better like, yesterday.Movie Review: Only for the curious who watched the original Cube
Summary: 2 Stars
If you found your way to this movie you probably watched the original Cube. What a great movie that was. People getting chopped up in interesting ways, the isolation, desperation, group dynamics, sci-fi big brother element, and the whole metaphor for modern life elements. Wow.
However, riding on that success was Cube 2: hypercube, which in my mind was only good in so much as it explained things about this history of the Cube.
So now there is Cube Zero. If you made it through the first Cube (pun intended), and through Hypercube, watch this. However, in my mind this is the most silly, almost "Brazil" like in it's dumb characters and lines, and technology used. I don't want to give anything away, but trust me, keep your expectations low and you'll enjoy it if you saw the others. However, if you've never watched the original, OR if you did and didn't like it, stay well clear of this movie...go watch something else. Maybe Fight Club, or if you want some sci-fi, Equlibrium (that movie should have gotten more attention in my opinion). Good luck and hope you wake up where you went to sleep.
Movie Review: I need an ending
Summary: 2 Stars
Ok. If you like to have endings to your films and like some sort of logic in your films then this Cube isn't for you. If you like open-ended films and don't want to know why things work and how it ends, then it might be to your liking.
This was better than Cube2. But that's not saying much. I agree with another poster that the scenes in the cube look more professional and the ones outside the cube look for Sci-fi Channel movie like. Which is bad.
I also like to see the little guys win so that is another reason why I disliked Cube3 and Cube2. I can't remember Cube1.
The special effects are decent. And that's the only good thing.
Movie Review: same movie different title
Summary: 2 Stars
i watched the original cube. This is just telling you what was done to get it all started. The charaters are almost Exact to the ones in the cube. Seem like the exact same move different title. id rent it first. They added one or two details but for the most part its the same.