Cube 2: Hypercube
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Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #2
6/10. I've never really thought about it this way, but I suppose in most
cases, it's an honor to have a sequel. Although no one liked the
sequel, I'm sure Jonathon Lynn is proud that The Whole Nine Yards
got a sequel somehow. And that seems like the case with Cube 2:
Hypercube, a sequel to the cult hit Cube. But then one wonders how
there can be a sequel to a movie that was basically all filmed in
one 14x14x14 set? Well, Cube 2 is the answer-but not really the best
one. It shows what Cube would have been if it had had a bigger
budget, but it also showed what it didn't want to become.
Strangers are thrown together into a series of interconnecting cubes
yet again, but this time they're more high-tech. They're not
different colors, and there's no booby traps. Instead, some rooms
have a cube that attacks you (don't ask), some have gravity
reversed, and time means nothing. There seems to be no pattern, like
in the first one, so how are these people supposed to get out?
This is all one big rehash of the first. There's the wandering
around, talking about the past, and speculation of why they're in
the cube. I guess that's for people who see sequels before the
originals. The characters are all more broadly drawn, the dialogue
is cheesier, and it looks faker. In the first, you barely knew
anything about the giant cube they were in. Here, it seems like
everyone was involved somehow. The ending, which was vague in the
first, explained some more, which I was angry yet happy about. It's
hard to explain. But then they left it in the air yet again. Maybe
it's for the prequel, Cube Zero (due out sometime this year) to
describe.
But one positive difference between the two is that this one seemed
to be overall scarier. It's not claustrophobia, but the idea of
anything happening in a hypercube. Because they don't exist,
everything goes wild here, allowing for some things to happen. It's
all quite creepy. And although the random crazy psycho killer is
more random here than the first, I liked him more, and he was great
as he was going through the hypercube. Cube was an original,
interesting, and disorienting movie. Cube 2 is the exact same thing,
except not as good.
Rated R for language, some violence and brief nudity.
Running time: ? minutes
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