Fresh
Cube was named best Canadian debut feature at Toronto last year, and there's no questioning Natali, clearly a visionary, is an important new talent.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Cube
Don't look for a reason... Look for a way out.
1997 · 1h 30m · R
Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Vincenzo Natali
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Cube
Overview
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.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
61%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Surprisingly gripping.
Anita Gates, New York Times
Rotten
If writer-director Vincenzo Natali, storyboard artist for Keanu Reeve's Johnny Mnemonic, were as comfortable with dialogue and dramatizing characters as he is with images, this first feature of his might have worked better.
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
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