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 | Kafka Esque | Cut To Pieces

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:

Continuity: When climbing from one cube to another Kate's white blouse disappears to reveal a white shirt underneath. In the next shot and the rest of the movie the blouse is back.

Quotes:

Jerry Whitehall: Each one of these rooms has six of these doors and portals, but no matter how many different doors and portals I go through I always end up in the same three rooms.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cube Zero (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

I No You

A 4-dimensional turd

Hey, guys, let's do a sequel to an above-average sci-fi film. But this time why don't we completely throw everything that made the original good out the window. Let's get that screenwriter of "Halloween: Resurrection" to do this. Sure that movie was horrid too, but it made money. Ka-Ching!! Yes, I'm writing this in a joking tone, but I'm not that far off from the truth. The fact of the matter is Cube did NOT need a continuation. The original writer did NOT want to ever say where the mysterious Cube ever came from. This film lacks any logic or coherence. Skip it.

Lions Gate DVD Extras:Commentary by Producer ErnieBarbaresh and Editor Mark Sanders; Making Of Cube 2: Hypercube documentary; 7 Deleted Scenes; Storyboards; Stills Gallery; Theatrical and Iternational Trailer; and trailer for "Cube"

My Grade: D-