Is this movie really farfetched at all?
Think about it.
Many cruel and unnatural experiments have beenecistencexd "in the name of Science". Don't believe me? Google MK Ultra and/or Project Monarch.
Wherever there are sadistic elitists with free time on their hands and access to high technology, you can almost gaurantee that there is something strange taking place. And humans are much more entertaining than lab mice.
I.wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if a cube of this sort was in actual existence right now. Classic behaviorist viewpoint. People are disposable; just as long as they have contributed something to the better understanding of the human condition.
And like "they" say, art imitates life.