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Wynn is a computer technician who becomes infatuated with
Cassandra a beautiful woman trapped inside the Cube. Risking
everything, Wynn accesses top secret files to discover her
criminal history and discovers that the 'criminals' are actually
hapless victims who have been randomly selected to undergo
experimentation. Using his knowledge of the Cube, Wynn decides
to infiltrate the maze in a fateful attempt to rescue the
woman and put an end to the tyranny of the Cube...
Cube
Zero
is the third movie in the franchise. However, whereas the
previous two films have tended to concentrate on the mysterious
cube and all its sick traps, this prequel also looks at the
lives of some of the low level technicians whose job it is
to keep everything ticking over smoothly.
But
don't for a second think that this means the producers have
eased off on the gore... far from it. In fact, this movie
starts off the way it means to proceed - very graphically.
Yes this movie is still as sick as the others in the franchise
but whereas the first movie was one big mystery and the second
had a rather odd ending that tried to explain everything,
Cube Zero attempts to explain (in part) what the cube
is about and who is behind it. The ending will make no sense
at all unless you've seen the first movie - in which case
you'll love the twist.
While,
sadly, the characters are more two-dimensional than the original
movie, there are some stand out performances. Michael Riley
is fantastic as the villain, Jax. The character is more pantomime
villain than you'd expect, but this adds some much needed
humour. Also David Hubbard's portrayal of Dodd stands out
as an admirable performance.
Zachary Bennett's performance as Eric Wynn is fine, but nothing
spectacular. But that is not down to the actor - the character
is a little too flat. As is the female lead, Cassandra, (Stephanie
Moore). I didn't understand what her having a daughter was
all about. This was something mentioned quite a bit in the
movie, but never explored fully.
Probably
the worst crime is that both Martin Roach (Haskell) and Mike
Nahrgand (Meyerhold) are under used. In fact, that seems to
be a problem with the majority of the victims in this movie...
we just don't get the time to identify with them.
As
a prequel this works well. It sets up nicely events that will
follow in the other movies. It's well paced, well acted and
squeamishly sick. Fans of the franchise will, I'm sure, love
this new take on familiar ground and newcomers should also
get quite a kick out of this fun, if somewhat bizarre, offering.
Extras
on this DVD include Inside the Box featurette; director's
commentary; music video, storyboard comparison and conceptual
art gallery.
Cube
Zero will knock you for six!
Darren
Rea
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