Cube Trilogy

0. Cube 1969 (Jim Henson)
1. Cube 1997
2. Cube 2 Hypercube 2002
3. Cube Zero 2004

Cube Zero Review
Details: IMDB
Comments: D+ (Rental) So I tracked down "Cube Zero" and plunked into a chair and watched it. Soon into it you realize that it is not a typical Cube story. Primarily this is because for a large portion you are not trapped in the confines of the cube. I thought "Hypercube" pushed it when they emerged from the water. Which also brings up another point. Supposing that the Hypercube and cube in Cube Zero has exits that lead to a lake…where exactly is the first cube? Didn't they reach the edge in the first one, drop stuff and hear nothing hit the bottom? I digress…Cube Zero gives you an idea of what could be the answers to a lot of questions. Whether or not you believe the character in Cube Zero goes on to become a character in Cube is a matter of speculation…but in any event, it provides another angle to revisit the survivor of Cube. It also gives a debatable ending to what may or may not have happened to the "survivor" of Cube. Cube Zero makes you ask…what if you say "Yes?" It also makes you wonder if everyone in it has been brainwashed, and all their supposed memories are fake or not. Who knows. You can't really believe a character in any of those films. You want to, but it really isn't necessary. The traps seem crucial, and the character reaction development where essential components of the original, and unfortunately lacking in the others. Regardless, Cube Zero basically wraps the whole thing up where it should be. Some may think that it says too much, but honestly, depending on how you look at it, it could reveal nothing at all. In the end, I figure another sequel would end up in the works…maybe a Double Cube…and actually, I just read of one called Trespassed. An unofficial one if you will. Cube Zero makes you feel like the whole thing has been answered for. Which is fine and well. Hypercube really was a bummer…it made you feel like answers where given, but then there totally weren't any. Overall, that one could have been skipped. It really didn't add much. There is just something about being in one cube throughout a whole film that seems appealing to me…to see the reactions of characters as they try to figure things out. This can be told well, and it could be told bad, and it could have weak traps. Anyway, I may consider viewing another if made, but since Zero, my interest has begun to dissipate (actually nothing lives up to the original, 1997). Jim Henson's early take was an interesting TV show, especially since I discovered/heard about it long after I had seen the other three.