Wobbly science, used to explain the technology in a similar way to the original film, doesn’t stack up as it did previously. Time and space don’t work as we would normally think inside a tesseract, which results in some interesting story turns as people who have died reappear, die again, move through and within time and space with an abandon usually reserved for Looney Tunes characters. It appears that the cube, this time around, is sitting inside a tesseract, which is kind of like an alternate (or sub) dimension within our own. Touch sensitive entryways, a reliance on the CGI aspect of the film, and a logic-defying plot contrivance all add up to make this sequel less about human interactions and more about “look at what we spent money on” special effects. She teams up with fellow prisoners Simon and Sasha to find a way out of what is an increasingly bizarre and horrifying example of the “improvements” made on the original cube. Leader of the group this time is Kate Filmore, a psychologist with, it appears, plenty to hide. While the inevitable contrivances of the characters being stuck in the cube rooms and their associated traps play out, there is also a feeling of conspiracy and a larger power-play at stake, with the “end of the world” vibe coming out towards the end of the film. ![]() With twists and turns throughout the plot, and within the characters, Cube 2: Hypercube is a “bigger is better” example of film-making, and not necessarily one that makes much sense. Set in what appears to be a different cube, capable of bending time and space due to something known as a tesseract (which bends time and space, if the science it to be believed), a new group of victims set about trying to unearth the new cube’s secret, and escape, preferably in reverse order. Cube 2: Hypercube, takes the premise of the original film and expands it from the inter-dimensional, to the extra-dimensional realms of quasi-science. Hypercube lacks the gritty nelancholy of the original, but on its own is an enteraining – if forgettable – follow-up.įollowing up a film like Cube must have been a hard ask for anybody, and since the original director decided not to return, he handed the reins to Andrzej Sekula, the man behind Tarantino’s camera for films like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. ![]() What we think : Bigger-budget sequel has more creative boob-trap puzzles, more mysterious strangers, and better visual effects. Synopsis: Eight strangers awaken with no memory and find themselves in a puzzling cube shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply Principal Cast : Kari Matchett, Geraint Wyn Davies, Grace Lynn Kung, Neil Crone, Matthew Ferguson, Lindsey Connell, Greer Kent, Bruce Gray, Barbara Gordon.
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