Name: Cube
Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
Released: 1998-09-11
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Nicole De Boer, Nicky Guadagni, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller

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Focus on the Present Challenge

Rennes No more talkin'. No more guessin'. Don't even think about nothing that's not right in front of ya. That's the real challenge. You've got save yourselves from yourselves.

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Refusal to accept a grim fate

Quentin I'm not dying in a fucking rat maze!

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Observing the Unseen Presence Around Us

Rennes Look around. Take a good, long look-see. Cause I got a feeling it's looking at us.

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Questioning Intentions in a Dangerous Situation

Worth Just out of curiosity—I mean, don't hit me again, I think—but what are you going to do when you get there?

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Struggles of Identity and Boredom

Leaven My parents are these people, I live with them…I'm boring.

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The Purpose Behind the Puzzle

Quentin I looked through the walls. I dreamed him, at his desk, designing everything. He can't let you solve the puzzle, see, because there is a purpose.

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Discussion of dangers in confined space

Quentin Listen, we can't go climbing around in here.

Holloway Why not?

Quentin There's traps.

Holloway What do you mean, traps?

Quentin Traps. I looked in the room down there and something almost cut my head off.

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The Nature of the Establishment Explained

Quentin What do you think the establishment is? It's just guys like me. Their desks are bigger but their jobs aren't. They don't conspire, they buy boats.

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Critique of Personal Relationships and Behavior

Quentin I know your type. No kids, no man to fuck you. So you go around outraged, sticking your nose up other people's assholes, sniffing their business!

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Questioning Parenting Choices and Violence

Holloway God help you, Quentin. Did you smack your kids around too?

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Admiring Intelligence in a Crisis

Quentin Leaven…you beautiful brain.

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Existential Doubt in a Meaningless World

Worth Do you think we matter? We don't.

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Life's Complexity and the Big Picture

Worth I mean, nobody wants to see the big picture. Life's too complicated.

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Debate on the Military-Industrial Complex

Holloway I'm talking about where do you hide something this big. Hey, I'm sorry to shake your foundations, Quentin, but you have no idea where your tax dollars go.

Quentin Free clinic doctors?

Holloway Only the military-industrial complex could afford to build something this size.

Quentin Holloway? What is the military-industrial complex? Have you ever been there? I'm telling you, it's not that complex.

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Questioning the Value of Opinions

Quentin That your two bits worth…Worth?

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Critique of Government Construction Aesthetics

Holloway Only the government could build something this ugly.

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Color Preferences in a Confined Space

Kazan This room is…green.

Holloway Yes it is.

Kazan I want to go back to the blue room.

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Dependence and resentment in survival situations

Quentin Every day I mop up after your bleeding heart. The only reason you even exist is because I keep you!

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Identification of a Notorious Escape Artist

Quentin This guy's the Wren.

Holloway The what?

Quentin He's the wren. The bird of Attica. Flew the coop on six major prisons.

Rennes Seven.

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A Disagreement on Offering Help

Quentin You could try and help me out here, buddy.

Worth No I couldn't.

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Everyman in an Unusual Situation

Worth I'm just a guy. I work in an office building, doing office building stuff.

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Existential Reflection on Life and Humanity

Worth I have nothing to live for out there.

Leaven What is out there?

Worth Boundless human stupidity.

Leaven I can live with that.

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Relationships and Isolation in a Confined Space

Quentin Don't you have a wife, or a girlfriend, or something?

Worth Nope. I've got a pretty fine collection of pornography.

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Critique of Systematic Control and Violence

Holloway It's all the same machine, right? The Pentagon, multinational corporations, the police! You do one little job, you build a widget in Saskatoon and the next thing you know it's two miles under the desert, the essential component of a death machine!

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Debate on waiting for rescue

Leaven Shouldn't we wait here?

Holloway For what?

Leaven To see if anybody comes.

Worth No one's going to come.

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Confronting Reality and Survival in Crisis

Worth I don't wanna die, I'm just being realistic. You think they'd go to all the trouble to build this thing if we could just walk out?

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Focusing on the Known Over the Unknown

Quentin Let's rule out aliens for now and concentrate on what we know.

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Focus on the Present, Simplify Your Actions

Quentin You can't see the big picture from in here, so don't try. Keep your head down, keep it simple. Just look at what's in front of you.

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Acceptance of an unusual situation

Holloway It's okay, I just swallowed my button.

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Reflection on Responsibility and Apathy

Worth I mean, this is an accident, a forgotten, perpetual public works project. Do you think anybody wants to ask questions? All they want is a clear conscience and a fat paycheck.

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Saliva and Survival in a Harsh Environment

Rennes Suck on it...keeps the saliva flowin'.

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