Finally we get to see who's pulling the strings behind the whole "cube" set-up. It's fun to watch what's taking place and it's also a bit of a downer too. It takes away the whole mystery and puts a few theories to rest, but you gotta go with it. First of all, we meet the two functionaries doing their job making sure the cube is lethal and that the people inside eventually meet their demise or find a way out...if that's even possible. One of the functionaries is super intelligent and also begins to grow a conscience when he gets enamored of one of his female charges in the cube. He looks up her file and finds she never signed a consent form! Egads! We the viewer are stunned - are these Cube-ites volunteers or what? This guy tries to alert his superiors to the consent form error and believe it or not gets put in the cube himself - willingly. Is his intelligence powerful enough to outwit the cube? Hmmm. In the meantime the boss of the functionaries makes a visit with two worker drones to the operations center to make sure the smart guy doesn't outwit the system. While all this is taking place, there's an oblivious group that is in the cube already trying to get out. This is where the non-consenting woman is located. So we see two stories at once converging at the climax. Very exciting with my only quibble being that the cube boss somewhat hammed up his character into a cartoon figure. Still, fine movie.
Review of Cube Zero
