Cube Zero

"There must be an exit!"

2004 1h 37m EN

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5.7

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5.6

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★5.7TMDB · 1,205★5.6IMDB · 44,501

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Synopsis

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A young programmer whose job is to watch over the reality-warping Cube defies orders to rescue an innocent mother trapped in one of its rooms.

“There must be an exit!”

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Cast

Zachary Bennett
Wynn
David Huband
Dodd
Stephanie Moore
Rains
Martin Roach
Haskell
Terri Hawkes
Jellico
Richard McMillan
Bartok
Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang
Meyerhold
Tony Munch
Owen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ernie Barbarash
Writers: Drew Ng, Ernie Barbarash
Languages: Spanish, English, French
Countries: Canada

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Spanish, English, French.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Cube Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ernie Barbarash, shot by François Dagenais. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Norman Orenstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mitch Lackie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Zachary Bennett and David Huband and Stephanie Moore carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ernie Barbarash directs. François Dagenais behind the camera. Norman Orenstein scores. Mitch Lackie cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in Spanish, English, French.

Trivia

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1Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Spanish, English, French.
4Part of the "Cube Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Ernie Barbarash, shot by François Dagenais. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Norman Orenstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Mitch Lackie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Zachary Bennett and David Huband and Stephanie Moore carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "There must be an exit!".
10IMDB entry: tt0377713 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: François Dagenais
Original score: Norman Orenstein
Editing: Mitch Lackie
Production design: Jon P. Goulding
Costume design: Donna Wong
Makeup / hair: Roy Aywaz
VFX supervisor: Aaron Weintraub
Sound: Christian Carruthers
Stunt coordinator: Alison Reid
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $825,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Cube Zero (2004)
IMDB rating: 5.6/10 · 44,501 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations total

Part of

Cube Collection

Cube is a 1997 Canadian science fiction psychological horror extremely low budgeted independent film, directed and co-written by Vincenzo Natali. The film was a successful product of the Canadian Film Centre's First Feature Project. Plots are people stuck inside a giant seemingly endless and deadly cube maze. They must find out why they are there and how they can get out. After Cube achieved cult status, a sequel was produced, Cube 2: Hypercube, released in 2002. In 2004, a prequel, Cube Zero, was released. There are rumors of a remake called Cubed.

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Norsk2017-10-19
Cube Zero completes the trilogy of Cube movies which are based upon people waking up inside of giant multiroom cubes filled with death traps and having no knowledge of how they got there or how to get out. In this film, the viewer finally sees what goes on behind the scenes (save for a snippet at the end of Hypercube), though since this is the first film chronologically, it does not necessarily follow that this is how things worked in the other two films. However, you will finally learn a little about the likely backstory of Kazan from Cube 1. If you are looking for a film with a feel good ending then you've chosen the wrong trilogy. The ending of this one is a mixed bag. Who the bad guys and good guys are is a matter of opinion and you may change your view from the other two films. I personally feel this film was the weakest in the trilogy since there is a lot of focus on what goes on outside the cube and less focus on character development inside the cube. It is still well worth watching. If you have not watched the other two Cube films, I do recommend watching them first and saving this one for last so the background revealed here doesn't spoil their viewing.

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