Cube [DVD]

Lots of messy kills and half decent characters.

A bunch of strangers wake up to find themselves in a perfectly cubic room with am exit on each side.Some rooms have deadly traps...how do you get out?

Very "Twilight Zone" meets "Squid Games". Enjoyable.

Fantastic Sci-fi horror. No problems with delivery or packaging, or the quality of the casing. A must own

I won't bother writing an in depth review of this movie, we all know it's brilliant (apart from some clueless moron Amazon users, apparently), basically it's a character study/social commentary wrapped up in a sci fi horror package with the theme that 'in extreme situations, people show you who they really are; people you think are horrible, cold and selfish people in day to life could be the ones to step up and save you in a horrific situation, whereas people you think you can trust, who are decent and friendly people in every day life could easily be the ones to screw you over and become monsters with just a little prodding'. Basically, the movie is about the old mantra 'Don't judge a book (person) by its cover', and it does this beautifully - albeit with some dodgy dialogue in places - and is also a remarkable achievement considering the insanely low budget the movie had (FYI, the entire movie was made with only one and half actual 'rooms').Evidently some people aren't impressed with themes or allegories these days, and their entire criteria for how good a horror movie is seems to be based on how much blood, guts and severed body parts it contains. Oh well.Now, onto the Bluray release.There is a HUGE problem with the audio on this Bluray. Basically for half the scenes in the movie the audio is slightly out of sync (could not work out if it was 'early' or 'delayed'), so character's lips do not match up with what they're saying. I thought it was just maybe my player but I've tried on two now and the same issue arises.And unfortunately it seems to happen on all the most intense scenes with the most important dialogue, such as "It's ASTRONOMICAL...!!!", and the 'boot pounding' sequence, is very distracting when the 'thuds' don't match up with the visuals.The picture quality is pretty superb considering this was a low budget independent movie from 1998, before home HD viewing even existed, although don't be fooled by the '15th Anniversary Edition' disclaimer - this release has NO new extra features not found in previous DVD releases. Still, it would be more than worth it for the HD visuals alone, if it weren't for the awful lip-sync issues.So be warned! Hopefully the publisher will realise at some point and rectify it, though it blows my mind that this sort of thing could get past quality control.(Oh, and the movie stars David Hewlett - that alone is reason enough to want to see it - but maybe get a different release of it.)

Didn't see this at the cinema but picked up a dvd copy some years ago. When I saw it out on Blu - Ray I just had to get it. This film is not just a great sci - fi film it is a great film full stop (or period for Americans).The setting is great, the reason for the cast being inside a large cube made up of several smaller rooms, some "safe" and some trapped in a variety of interesting and gory ways is never revealed. Does this matter? No: the writing, direction and acting allow the characters to develop sufficiently to add just the right tension.The plot: how do the cast get through the maze of shifting rooms to the exit? Sounds simple but the claustrophobia of the sets coupled with the increasingly fraught interraction between those trapped makes this a true gem almost reminiscent of other great clautrophobic inducing sci - fi films e.g. Alien -trapped in a confined space with nasty things round the corner and trying to escape. See basic plot (in theory) coupled with excellent direction and acting equals great film.Buy it.

Ordered this around Xmas, first copy was faulty and wouldn't play but when reported I was just sent another copy without having to send faulty one back and second disc was perfect. 5 stars for second order.

I recently purchased 'the cube' and 'Code 46' together after reading a recommendation in a review about underrated sci-fi films. I now realise my mistake after sitting through both of them and subsequently being unable to take anyone's word for anything ever again. I suspect the reviewer has some sort of affinity with the character who ends up surviving this predictable dross.You know the one, the special bloke who cannot speak a word of sense unless it's about complex mathematical theorum. One minute he can't even urinate on his own, the next he has turned into albert einstein with a casio. I know Rainman was believable, but that had some actors in it (cruise excluded) and an autistic person seeing patterns in numbers is a long way from having 'deep blue' on hand to help out. I did a review of code 46 in which i stated that it made me want to "gauge my own eyes out with the tv remote". Why oh why, i wonder, did i not follow my instinct and do just that. At least then i wouldn't have been able to watch this. I feel such a fool now. I'm going to watch event horizon now. Another disappointing film but compared to this a classic, and best of all at least everyone in the film has the common courtesy to gauge their OWN eyes out saving me the trouble.

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Obra maestra del cine. Imposible encontrar dicho título en bluray. Película descatalogada. Para coleccionistas y cinéfilos.

Bello , non speciale , come anche il secondo .

classic film with classic concept

I hadn't seen this since the 90's on Sci-Fi channel, but it always stood out as an amazingly original story premise with a brutal execution. I just watched it a couple days ago, and it is STILL as I remember it. Some of the acting might get a little hammy, but for the most part everyone does a fantastic job.The blu-ray treatment is well done, with crisp clean picture quality, appropriate color levels, and very nice depth of shadows. Likewise, the sound is clear and bright, and nothing is muddled or muted. I couldn't ask for more.