I remember the Cube as being one of my favourite movies from that year. I'd be interested in a remake, but not if it turns out to be a shot for shot copy.
1997’s Cube was a fantastic sci-fi, horror ride. The self-contained film trapped a group of people in a interchangeable, booby-trapped, labyrinth. It was a huge home video hit at the time. While most times it is the US remaking films from other countries, this time around Japan is remaking one of the United States’.
The Japanese Cube remake very much looks like a shot for shot remake of the 1997 film. They are even using their shoes to check for booby-traps in some cases apparently. It even teases the big scene in which someone gets turned to tiny chunks of meat thanks to one of the traps.
The synopsis for 1997’s Cube goes like this:
Without remembering how they got there, several strangers awaken in a prison of cubic cells, some of them booby-trapped. There’s onetime cop Quentin (Maurice Dean Wint), scientist Holloway (Nicky Guadagni), young math genius Leaven (Nicole de Boer), master of escapes Rennes (Wayne Robson), autistic savant Kazan (Andrew Miller) and architect Worth (David Hewlett), who might have more information on the maze than he lets on. The prisoners must use their combined skills if they are to escape.
I’m really interested in seeing the Japanese version of the film. I’m curious if they will switch the ending up to surprise audiences.
Cube hits theaters in Japan on Oct 22. There still isn’t an international release date, but we will let you know when and if there is.
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