I watched "Cube:Zero" this morning and I have to say, it was pretty damn cool, IMO. It shed a lot of light on the origins and operations of the Cube complex, tied in with the original, and it was even a little more Sci Fi than the first. It more than made up for the disappointment in "Hypercube".
For those who are curious, and haven't seen it, "The Cube" is basically a government experiment slash alternative program for those whom they consider threats to society, i.e. activists, criminals, ex-convicts. As an alternative to jail time or the death penalty, these people have their memory wiped and have a cerebral control chip implanted, but not before they sign their life away, so to speak, for the experiment.
It's a Lion's Gate original that sort of took the same approach as "Ginger Snaps", with the trilogy finale being a prequel. Pretty well crafted and acted conclusion to the "Cube" franchise. Give it a look see if not for the opening death. It's a gorehound's dream.
Cube:Zero really made up for the disappointment of Hypercube! It has the same feeling and atmosphere of the first Cube movie, with really good effects and gore. Not like the time/dimension warping crap they pulled in Hypercube. And we get a cool peak behind the curtain of the organisation responsible for the cube-project.
If you liked the first Cube, go watch this!
That's precisely what I said wouldn't make any sense. Go from the original, to years later, back to a year or so before the original, then skip back to AFTER "Hypercube".
thanx cine, i really liked the first one ... guess ill watch Zero ... and then prepare myself to withstand hypercube .. just so i can have some closure
I didn't think Hypercube was that bad..what I want to know is how is hypercube expalined compared to the low tect versions of Cube and it's prequel Zero. Hypercube seemed to exist in some microscopic way than the typical underwater facilitly. Maybe I'm off a little bit but then again thats why I'm asking.
One thing about the Cube I think alot of people forget is that no one is really supposed to escape the cubes. Hypercube was more sadistic in it's design I think showing that some cubes are nothing more than cruel death sentences. yet when someone does make it out( and I'm sure it's designed to make it a rare thing) of any of these more complex design(hypercube), they are most likely brain washed after and used for their problem solving skills in some high position which will help create an even more unrelenting design, which in turn would require a winner with an even higher intelligence is I think the real reason for the creation of the cubes. But I think killing the prisioners; that is just a by products of what Cube can do. Killing two bird with one stone. Eliminate the corrupt in which society can never outright do, and use the most corrupt genius of of mind that can escape the Cube to help build even more challenging constructs of death,scientific achievments to become godlike without the mass disapproval and jealously of the people,competing alies and enemies. The true goal of it all is to build up the ultimate warriors of mind, body, and weapons design. I think by the time the world catches on, the creators of the cubes will be too powerful to overcome and to reject as well. Think of like people creating almost Death Star like technology under the nose of the normal goverment who would still be considered in the dark ages when it came to science and defense. Zero already showed that people are chosen as soldiers( with the green eyes, completely under mind control). By hypercube they must have legioins of soldiers. Then again maybe by the time Hypercube is around, the designers already rule the world.
I did enjoy cube zero to an extent but i found the acting a bit off and the storyline slightly ridiculous. I think they should have maintained more mystery- the idea that Brain Man thought that people signed consent forms and was shocked to discover the opposite is ridiculous. The character with the diamond in his tooth ( cant remember name) is laughable and adds nothing but tacky predictability to the film. Also when the woman escapes where does her daughter appear from- has she been in the woods all along- I thought she was captured along with her mother. i think in an attempt to give fans answers the makers got it slightly wrong and ended up making mistakes. Does anyone else agree all I can find is people saying how brilliant it is.
Well I loved the original, and I thought Hypercube was just one big special effect movie. Geraint Wynn-Davies (who was great in tv's Forever Knight) was the only thing I liked about it. I'm hoping to watch Cube: Zero this week sometime.....
I really liked the first one, never saw the other two. I think I should check this one out now.
So was this explained in Cube Zero? There were a few innocent people in the Cube in the first movie (the doctor, the college student, the retarded guy).
The thing I liked most about Cube was the fact that nothing was explained.... nobody survived, and we didn't even find out why any of them were in there... I always assumed the film was metaphorical rather than literal, and have studiously avoided all subsequent films, preferring to leave it as the stand alone movie it should always have been.... something indefinable woulkd be lost from the experience by explaining it.... and now i know that someone just makes it the standard "evil corrupt govt" thing, I'm glad i've not taken the time to see 2 and zero....
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Mar 30th, 2005 05:07 PM
"Hypercube"
