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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.
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.
Eight strangers awaken with no memory, in a puzzling cube-shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply.
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.