I'm trying to determine whether this is really a psychological thriller or a political one. To me it seems a bit of both. This particular cube has elements of a totalitarian government of some form or some secret service in a democratic country (in name only) that goes after people during the night. Rather than some sort of abstract concept portrayed in the first cube, this one sounds like some sort of evil experiment that you hear about in some countries that occurred during the world wars, like Japan or Nazi Germany, where people who were enemies of the state were subjected to unethical and brutal experiments for scientific purposes. This particular slant really changes it's tone from the other two cube movies since you can connect it to this world, and say, well, this thing could exist in some sort of futuristic totalitarian government that's doing evil experiments with people in concentration camps or something. We know the Nazis had pretty elaborate death camps - this pretty much seems like a modified Nazi death camp in a world that's ahead of this time - which is what sets it's tone apart from the other cubes - almost to the point of inconsistency.
The First Cube, for example, was a headless blunder operating under the illusion of control, while this Cube here appears like a deliberate death-camp of some mad totalitarian government that's extracting false confessions from political prisoners before putting them into these death-traps. The Hypercube by contrast - is too much fantasy to be taken seriously and doesn't pose much of a philosophical argument like these other cubes have.
Therefore, if you are into political and psychological thrillers with a science fiction twist - this gets a 10/10 rating from me.
The First Cube, for example, was a headless blunder operating under the illusion of control, while this Cube here appears like a deliberate death-camp of some mad totalitarian government that's extracting false confessions from political prisoners before putting them into these death-traps. The Hypercube by contrast - is too much fantasy to be taken seriously and doesn't pose much of a philosophical argument like these other cubes have.
Therefore, if you are into political and psychological thrillers with a science fiction twist - this gets a 10/10 rating from me.