Amazon.com video review:
If Clive Barker had written an episode of The Twilight Zone, it
might
have looked something like Cube. A handful of strangers wake up inside
a bizarre
maze, having been spirited there during the night. They quickly learn that
they have to navigate their way through a series of chambers if they have
any
hope of escape, but the problem is that there are lethal traps awaiting if
they choose their route unwisely. Having established some imaginative and
grisly punishments in store for the hostages, cowriter and director
Vincenzo
Natali turns his attention to the characters, for whom being trapped
amplifies
their best and worst qualities. The film is, in fact, similar to a famous
episode of Rod Serling's old television series, though Natali's explanation
for why these poor people are being put through hell is a lot closer to the
spirit of The X-Files. Cube has some solid moments of
suspense and drama, and
the sets are appropriately striking: one is tempted to believe at first the
characters are lost inside a computer chip. --Tom Keogh
