Line #25 YMMV/Cube


1	!!The film series
2	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was [[spoiler: Quentin]] always just a violent asshole? While it is strongly implied he abused his wife and kids, we [[OffscreenVillainy never actually see that.]] As such, there are some people who theorize he was originally just a normal person, and became an evil psycho-killer rapist [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds due to all the terror he experienced in the Cube causing his mind to snap like a twig.]]
3	* AssPull: The ending of the original film where [[spoiler: Quentin suddenly shows up and kills Leaven and Worth]] really comes across this way, as he'd seemingly have to have both OffscreenTeleportation and PsychicPowers to know where they went, and [[spoiler: the last we see of him, he's fallen and hit his head with a pool of blood forming, which makes it pretty obvious that the original intent was to just have him die then and there.]]
4	* CatharsisFactor: [[spoiler:After all the horrible and monstrous things he's done, it's really nice to see Quentin cut in half just before the exit he's been aiming for the whole movie.]]
5	* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:Quentin, a police officer, is one of several people who are mysteriously trapped inside a giant cubical maze which is composed of smaller cubical rooms, some of which are [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts booby-trapped]]. He initially presents himself as a levelheaded leader and assists in navigating the group to the maze's outer edge, but is slowly revealed to be a cruel, violent man who proves to be a [[PsychoPartyMember bigger threat to the group's survival]] than the deadly maze itself. He drops Holloway to her death merely because he dislikes her, then lies about it to the others. He [[AttemptedRape tries to rape]] Leaven not long after. He's stopped in time by Worth, for which Quentin savagely beats him. When the others finally try to leave him behind for what he did, he finds a way back to them at the exit room. He quickly stabs Leaven to death, fatally wounds Worth, and prepares to do the same to the mentally disabled Kazan before he is stopped by the dying Worth.]]
6	* ContestedSequel: It's often debated whether the second and third movies are worthy additions, or if it would have been best to let the first movie stand on its own. Even people who believe the first film to be far superior can't agree on whether ''Cube 2: Hypercube'' or ''Cube Zero'' is the better sequel.
7	** ''Film/Cube2Hypercube'' might have retained the mystery of the Cube, was more serious but far less gory, and had a unique look, but still had some silly characters and Narm scenes. (Sean Hood's original proposal script for Hypercube was on par with Natali's original; better characters, consistently darker mood as the plot goes on and actual, constant danger.)
8	** ''Film/CubeZero'' visually retained the industrial look of the first film and was far less serious with more humorous scenes than either previous film, and left little to no mystery at all, but heightened the gore in places and at least attempted continuity with the first film.
9	** So go see ''Cube Zero'' if you want more of the same with some humor. See ''Hypercube'' if you want atmosphere and something different. [[TakeAThirdOption Ignore them and just stick with the original if you want neither]].
10	* GenreTurningPoint: Less for a genre and more for a nation's film industry. Save for the "tax shelter era" of 1975-82, which eventually ended due to [[TheNewRockAndRoll the public's outrage]] over the use of their tax dollars to fund lurid {{exploitation film}}s, Canada's public film production agencies preferred to support "prestige" films that would win awards and respectability for Canada's film industry. In practice, this meant lots of films that [[CriticalDissonance critics adored but nobody saw]], and American TV shows coming north of the border for the tax credits (the reason for the CanadaDoesNotExist trope). ''Cube'', however, was an unapologetic horror movie partially funded by Telefilm Canada that [[OutOfTheGhetto won Best First Feature]] at the Toronto International Film Festival that year and went on to become a {{Sleeper Hit}} that made back its budget more than twenty-five times over. With the success of ''Cube'', Canada became a major hub of "genre" filmmaking and hasn't looked back.
11	* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Quentin grows steadily more hostile over the course of the film, but he doesn't make the full transition into becoming a genuine threat to the group until he lets Holloway fall to her death, tries to rape Leaven, and beats up Worth for stopping him. This causes both Worth and Leaven to keep their distance from him as they've seen that he has become a bigger threat to them than the Cube ever was. It's not very surprising that our protagonists eventually try to get rid of him afterwards]].
12	* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
13	** [[spoiler:After everything Quentin does, it is satisfying to watch Worth pushing one of the doors up on Quentin's neck after he has had enough enough of being his punching bag.]]
14	** [[spoiler:Worth using all of his strength to hold Quentin's leg so that the bridge can tear him apart. It's a fitting end for Quentin because he's killed others to escape the cube, and yet when the exit is close by and he could have chosen to peacefully escape, he instead attacks the protagonists only to meet his end by the cube he sought to escape, and by the hand of one his victims, no less.]]
15	* {{Narm}}:
16	** "PRIME NUMBERS!!!! PRIME NUMBERS!!!!"
17	** "IT'S ASTRO-NOMICAL!"
18	** "Holy holy ''cats''!"
19	** "''Pierogis.''"
20	* RetroactiveRecognition:
21	** Screenwriter Graeme Manson is best know these days for a little show about [[Series/OrphanBlack clones]].
22	** Folks who watch the movie nowadays might be surprised to see [[Series/StargateAtlantis Dr. McKay]] in the Cube. Some viewers probably were also surprised to see [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Ezri Dax]] in here, too.
23	** [[Creator/WayneRobson Rennes]] is best known (especially in the United States) for playing Mike Hamar on ''Series/TheRedGreenShow''.
24	* SignatureScene: The famous first kill, where a man is diced into cubes by a grid of razor wire, is the best-known scene in the film.
25	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite being dated nowadays, the effects were well-done (and are still very impressive) for a NoBudget film, especially since the CG was done free.
26	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: CoolOldGuy Rennes, and Leaven, who had good FinalGirl potential.
27	* TheWoobie: All of the trapped people (with the exception of [[spoiler:[[TokenEvilTeammate Quentin]])]] are this to some degree, but of particular note are:
28	** Leaven, who is the most terrified by far at first, even saying, "I never did anything to deserve this!" Making this worse, [[spoiler: Quentin [[AttemptedRape almost rapes her near the end]]]] and [[spoiler: she [[HopeSpot almost escapes, only to get stabbed by Quentin and die.]]]]
29	** Kazan is badly mentally handicapped, which makes putting him in the Cube seem especially cruel, as he would have had no chance of surviving if he hadn't met the others.[[spoiler: At least he actually survives.]]
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31	!!In [[VideoGame/{{Cube}} the unrelated computer game]]
32	* SoOkayItsAverage: The game is generally regarded as an inferior version of VideoGame/SeriousSam, with the two saving graces being that it came with a level designer and it's free and open source, which for the latter, a rarity among video games.
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Context YMMV / Cube