Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Movies Cubed

Since this hypercube promotion is kicking off ideas from creative Canadians about all things cubed, I thought I'd take a moment and point out a couple of interesting Canadian-made sci-fi movies that are cube-related and worth the watch (if you can find it in your local video rental store)...

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Cube

"A man wakes up in a white cube with strange symbols engraved on the walls, the light comes through the squares that the symbols are engraved on. On each wall is a square door about two feet wide with an opening device on the front. The man stands up and opens one, inside is a small passageway and then another identical room only it's blue instead of white..."

Filmed in Toronto, it won 13 awards and was nominated for additional 6 awards. Although it was a low budget film, it was not short on quality and relied on good character development around a simple plot to maintain mystery, suspense, and conflict.

Check out the full details of Cube on IMDB.

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Cube 2: Hypercube

"Eight strangers find themselves waking up in a strange cube-shaped room with no recollection of how they came to be there. Soon discovering that they're in a strange fourth dimension where our laws of physics don't apply, they have to unravel the secrets of the "hypercube" in order to survive."

Although this was a Canadian-made film, it was filmed in the U.S. and required a slightly bigger budget to accommodate the special effects. Cube 2 fell short of the high expectations set by the initial Cube movie and only received 1 award and 1 nomination. Despite it's short comings, Cube 2 was still a decent movie.

Check out the full details of Cube 2: Hypercube on IMDB.

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