Cube (1998)

Cube rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 260K votes

Rotten Tomatoes61%

Metacritic61%

TMDb6.8/10· 5K votes

With 61% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 61/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Cube

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.

Cast of Cube

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  Nicole De Boer

  as Leaven

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  Nicky Guadagni

  as Holloway

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  Maurice Dean Wint

  as Quentin

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  David Hewlett

  as Worth

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  Andrew Miller

  as Kazan

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  Wayne Robson

  as Rennes

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  Julian Richings

  as Alderson

Cube facts

Budget

$257.9K

Box office

$9M

Collection

Cube Collection

Our take on Cube

Vincenzo Natali's mystery-thriller traps a group of strangers inside a vast, maze-like prison of interlocking cubic rooms, some rigged with lethal traps. With no memory of how they arrived, they realize that each person's peculiar skills might combine into a way out, if paranoia and the maze itself don't kill them first. Built on a stark, ingenious concept and confined sets, the film runs on dread, shifting group dynamics and puzzle-box logic rather than spectacle. It's a rewarding watch for fans of low-budget science fiction, contained thrillers and cerebral survival scenarios. Those wanting polish, backstory or action may find it austere, but its claustrophobic tension endures.