Cube 2: Hypercube (2002) (V)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Andrzej Sekula

Writers (WGA):

Sean Hood (story)
Sean Hood (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Welcome to a new dimension in fear

Plot:

Eight strangers find themselves waking up in a strange cube-shaped room with no recollection of how they came to be there...

Plot Keywords:

Stranger | Room | Hypercube | Blind | Dying During Sex

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kari Matchett	...	Kate Filmore
Geraint Wyn Davies	...	Simon Grady
Grace Lynn Kung	...	Sasha
Matthew Ferguson	...	Max Reisler
Neil Crone	...	Jerry Whitehall
Barbara Gordon	...	Mrs. Paley
Lindsey Connell	...	Julia
Greer Kent	...	Becky Young
Bruce Gray	...	Colonel Thomas H. Maguire
Philip Akin	...	The General
Paul Robbins	...	Tracton
Andrew Scorer	...	Dr. Phil Rosenzweig

Also Known As:

Cube²: Hypercube (USA)
Hypercube (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and brief nudity.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG (cut)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Ghost Logic

Trivia:

When Colonel Maguire is killed, the effect of the wall of energy crashing into him is actually just created with a vacuum cleaner stuck on exhale (to blow his clothes around) and CGI, for the wall itself.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Towards the end of the movie, while Kate is talking to Sasha, one of the walls of the cube is transparent, and a crew member can be seen.

Quotes:

Kate Filmore: Who are you?
Simon Grady: Yeah, it's me. Good old Simon. Do you remember this, do you? Well, I've waited a long time for payback.
Kate Filmore: But, that was just seconds ago.
Simon Grady: Don't be so stupid Kate. You know time works differently in this place.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Re-Entering the Nightmare (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

I No You

Interesting Concepts, but lacking the charm of the original...

I must say I fully expected the wealth of CG, and the oppressively simplified plot that eliminates some of the uncertainties from Cube. Unfortunately, those characteristics are part of what made the original film enjoyable. I sincerely enjoyed the allegorical nature of the first Cube, but the chaotic nature of this film seems to be merely a license to 'do a lot of cool stuff' with special effects and camera angles without having to fasten it to logic. The ending seems like the effort of a writer who got a little lazy. This film takes the Cube franchise from intriguing indie film to weak B-movie status. I think the best part of the film was the opening title sequence.