Cube 2 - Hypercube Rating: Release Date: 15 April, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $13.48 You SAVE: $1.50! Cast: Grace Slick Geraint Wyn Davies Kung

Cube 2 - Hypercube Reviews

A few basic comments though - I don't think this movie is self-explanatory, at the level of mathematical theory. Which means, if you don't sometimes find yourself lying awake at night teasing your brain with multi-dimensional geometries, you probably simply won't enjoy it.

This is not about being smart or dumb - it's about your interests and pre-existing inclinations. I can think of subjects for films that would leave me wondering what the point is - ones where I don't have enough background or interest in the topic.

As a "sequel" this is dangerous. Whereas CUBE 1 was a nice mechanical device presented in a thriller, CUBE^2 is a deviously complex theoretical construct presented as science fiction.

I saw a copy of the used dvd for sale at my local video rent-all, and decided to rent the tape first in case, as most sequels do, this one was awful. Watched it twice that night. Bought the dvd. Have watched it about six times in a week... very unusual for me...

The film is chock full of presaging and detail. It is flawed, of course. I can think of twelve hours of scenes I would have like to have seen in it, and I bet the creators had to delete ten times that many ideas. It heavily rewards repeated viewing, but, even more so, stimulates curiosity, creativity and confusion for many more hours than it takes to watch it.

So my recommendation? If you read Flatland more than twice, if you occasionally dig out Einsteins little book just for beach reading, you'll probably enjoy the mental gymnastics of this film. If not, you'll probably think it is stupid.

Why did they make a second?
I am a HUGE fan of the first "CUBE." I have seen CUBE many of times and each time it gets me. Its intense and I care about all of the characters. Now with "Cube 2: Hypercube: I didn't feel anything for the characters. Classified as Horror/Scifi I tend to think of CUBE as a psychological thriller. After awhile its the characters you are interested in and not the dang CUBE they are in.

CUBE 2 I just didn't have that connections. Gerant Wyn Davies from early 90's good vampire (pre Angel) TV show Forever Night I liked cause he was familiar face, but in reality he became the same character as Quentin was in the first movie. Actually many of the characters pretty much are just the same in away as the characters in the first one. Here they added a few more, but overall nothing new. That bothered me. CUBE 1 had great feel with the colors of the different rooms. Cube 2 everything is white and nothing seems dangerous. The colors added to the intensity, Cube 2 the white didn't do anything for the intensity of the film.

If you loved the first Cube I say watch this one. You actually appreciate the first CUBE a lot better. Cube 2 wasn't a bad flick at all, its just a part 2 wasn't needed. Ending of part 1 had my thinking all night, and the ending for part 2 I was already done thinking about it when the credit's rolled.

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