FAQ

When Cube attendant Eric Wynn (Zachary Bennett) notices that political activist Cassandra Rains (Stephanie Moore) has become trapped in the Cube system, even though she never signed a consent form, he enters the Cube in an attempt to get her out but becomes trapped himself.

Cube Zero is the third movie in the Cube series, originally conceived and scripted by screenwriters André Bijelic, Graeme Manson, and Vincenzo Natali (who directed the first movie, Cube (1997) (1997)). Cube Zero was written by movie producer Ernie Barbarash, who also produced the second movie in the series, Cube²: Hypercube (2002) (2002).

Like a Rubik's cube, the Cube is a three-dimensional puzzle made up of 14-foot-wide cube rooms, all enclosed within an outer shell. Each individual room is outfitted with six doors—one on each wall, one on the ceiling, and one on the floor—that open into neighboring rooms, which are identical. Also like the Rubik's cube, the various rooms can be rotated and are in constant flux. Unlike the Rubik's cube, however, some of the rooms are outfitted with deadly traps that may be activated by motion, sound, weight, or chemical detection.

Not strictly. However, Cube Zero is actually a prequel to Cube, and Hypercube is the sequel to Cube. Viewers who have seen all three movies say that Cube and Cube Zero can be watched in either order but recommend watching Cube first. Cube is a suspenseful movie, and not knowing what's going on is a major part of the suspense. Cube Zero provides the background for what is going on in Cube, so watching Cube Zero first might take away from the suspense of Cube.

Eight altogether. Besides Wynn and Rains, Ryjkin (Jasmin Geljo) is sprayed with a liquid that disintegrates his body in the opening scenes. Cube employee Owen (Tony Munch) is torched in the exit room when he responds "No" to the question "Do you believe in God?". Robert Haskell (Martin Roach), Meyerhold (Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang), Bartok (Richard McMillan), and Jellico (Terri Hawkes) are already in the Cube.

There's two theories: (1) The cube system was redesigned between Cube Zero and Cube, or (2) there is more than one cube system. The second theory is most probable, evidenced by Wynn saying to Rains and Haskell, "I've even heard there are other facilities."

Yes. It is revealed that a government-funded company named Izon has built the Cube and uses subjects who have supposedly volunteered for the project, i.e., prisoners on death row who would prefer to take their chances in the cube rather than be executed.

With minutes to go until clean sweep occurs, Wynn and Hains head for cube AZZ, one of the two exit cubes. With 1.10 minutes left, the cube begins to move to the perimeter. When the cube stops, they notice water through the bottom door, and Wynn concludes that they've found the auxiliary exit that leads directly outside. Suddenly, they are jumped by Haskell. Haskell places Wynn in a choke hold, but Rains pushes them both backwards, causing Haskell to become impaled on a knife blade sticking out of the wall. With nine seconds left, Wynn and Rains jump into the water. Haskell frees himself from the wall and heads for the water, but the clean sweep takes effect, and he is incinerated. Uncertain as to whether or not they were able to incinerate Wynn and Rains, Jax (Michael Riley) sends a squad to meet them at the exit point. They make it to the surface and swim for shore where sharpshooters are waiting. Rains gets away, but Wynn is hit with a tranquilizer dart. He awakens in a hospital room with his head in a clamp. Jax informs him that he's been sentenced to another run through the cube and produces a consent form with Wynn's signature. The doctor then starts to operate on Wynn's head. In the final scene, Wynn is in a green cube with three other people - a male and two females. Tapping his fingers against his palm and gently, banging his head against the wall, he says, "This room is green. I want to go back to the blue room." First female says, "I think he's mentally handicapped". Second female says, "That's all we need - a retard." As Wynn repeats, "I want to go back," the vision fades to black.

While Wynn and Kazan (Andrew Miller) possess many of the same mannerisms, especially following Wynn's lobotomy, the director explains (in the DVD commentary) that they are not meant to be the same character. His purpose for including Wynn in the movie was to explain to the audience how Kazan came to be mentally handicapped and to inform the viewers that Kazan was originally one of the "observers", just like Wynn.

There is a scene at the end of the movie that shows Cassandra Rains and her daughter Anna (Alexia Filippeos) hiding in a forest. Cassandra shows her Wynn's drawing of them as superheroes. Anna asks if Wynn is also a superhero, and she says yes. Most viewers think this scene was intended to be Wynn's thoughts about her before he was lobotomized, his last happy thought of her escaping and finding her daughter. Whether or not Rains actually eluded captivity and was reunited with her daughter is unknown.