Cube 2: Hypercube (2002) (V)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Andrzej Sekula

Writers (WGA):

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

Directed by
Andrzej Sekula

Writing credits (WGA)
Sean Hood		(story)
Sean Hood		(screenplay) and
Ernie Barbarash		(screenplay) &
Lauren McLaughlin		(screenplay)

Produced by
Ernie Barbarash	....	producer
Peter Block	....	executive producer
Suzanne Colvin	....	co-producer (as Suzanne Colvin-Goulding)
Mehra Meh	....	executive producer
Betty Orr	....	executive producer
Michael Paseornek	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Norman Orenstein

Cinematography by
Andrzej Sekula

Film Editing by
Mark Sanders

Casting by
John Buchan

Production Design by
Diana Magnus

Art Direction by
Jon P. Goulding

Set Decoration by
Jerri Thrasher

Costume Design by
Donna Wong

Makeup Department
George Aywaz	....	key hair stylist
Roy Aywaz	....	assistant hair stylist
Lee-Anne Crossman	....	assistant makeup artist
Catherine Davies Irvine	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Suzanne Colvin	....	production manager
Philip Stilman	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
September Death	....	second assistant director
Rob Fowler	....	first assistant director
Jenny Murray	....	third assistant director
Effy Papadopoulos	....	second assistant director
Ian Paul	....	trainee assistant director
Mark Sanders	....	second unit director

Art Department
Mary Arthurs	....	property master
James Becker	....	head carpenter
Roeg Cohen	....	carpenter
Karl Crosby	....	carpenter
Catherine Doherty	....	set designer
John Flores	....	painter
Tim Franklin	....	painter
David Fujii	....	painter
Edwin Gall	....	on-set dresser
Nick Gaskin	....	carpenter
Kate Grant	....	assistant property builder
Jeff Graydon	....	carpenter
Peter Harding	....	construction coordinator
Jason Herriott	....	key scenic
Sean Hollis	....	painter
Leandro Illescas	....	key scenic
Michelle Kaminer	....	art apprentice
Bert Kirkham	....	on-set dresser
Takashi Komai	....	carpenter
Robert Mannooch	....	carpenter
Kevin McCullagh	....	on-set carpenter
Doug McLarty	....	special props
James Neill	....	carpenter
Grant Rowland	....	carpenter
Kenny Roy	....	painter
Stephanie Ruddy	....	carpenter
Henk Salmen	....	carpenter
Karl H. Schantz	....	special props
Jeff Schouten	....	carpenter
Glen Smith	....	carpenter
Zachary Vero	....	carpenter
Shane Wanstall	....	on-set carpenter
Adam Weir	....	carpenter
Wayne Weston	....	carpenter
Mitsu Yano	....	assistant head carpenter

Sound Department
D'Andrea Bowie	....	foley assistant
Fred Brennan	....	dialogue and adr editor
Fred Brennan	....	supervising sound editor
John Elliot	....	foley assistant (as John Elliott)
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
Barry Gilmore	....	adr editor
Barry Gilmore	....	dialogue editor
Steve Hammond	....	foley artist
Ken Hunold	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Peter Kelly	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brent MacClean	....	assistant adr editor
Brent MacClean	....	assistant dialogue editor
Nancy Nugent	....	adr recordist: Los Angeles
Jason Perreira	....	sound re-recording assistant
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
David Rose	....	assistant sound effects designer (as Dave Rose)
Greg Shim	....	adr recordist: Toronto
Mark Shnuriwsky	....	sound effects designer
Mark Shnuriwsky	....	sound effects editor
James Stewart	....	boom operator
Andrew Tay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr recordist: Los Angeles
Brandon Walker	....	adr editor
Kelly Wright	....	sound recordist
David Yonson	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Jon Davis	....	special effects technician
Dave Fulton	....	special effects rigger
A. Scott Hamilton	....	special makeup effects designer and creator
Derek Liscoumb	....	special effects assistant
Jeff Skochko	....	special effects coordinator
Steve Skochko	....	special effects key

Visual Effects by
Brian Anderson	....	3D animator: Mr. X Inc.
Alan Bak	....	senior production supervisor: Cine-Byte
Jeff Baker	....	technical supervisor: Cine-Byte
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc.
Kristy Blackwell	....	3D animator: Mr. X Inc.
Dave Calder	....	3D animator: Mr. X Inc.
Shawney Cohen	....	3D animator: Mr. X Inc. (as Sean Cohen)
Drake Conrad	....	digital color timer: Cine-Byte
Michael Dalton-Smith	....	compositing assistant: Mr X. inc
Matthew Daw	....	technical supervisor: title sequence
Shane Glading	....	3D animator: Mr. X Inc.
Rick Hannigan	....	optical consultant: Cine-Byte
Felix Heeb	....	scanning and recording: Cine-Byte
Eric Kim	....	3D animator: Mr. X Inc.
Diana Madureira	....	production coordinator: Cine-Byte
Sean Montgomery	....	title sequence animator
Kimberlee Morley	....	office manager: Mr. X Inc.
Marco Polsinelli	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Vladimir Popovic	....	systems administrator
Matthew Steeves	....	visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc.
Mark Stepanek	....	3D animator: Mr. X Inc.
Miguel Sternberg	....	3D animator: Mr. X Inc.
Lee Towndrow	....	main title designer
Mark Tureski	....	digital opticals effects
Aaron Weintraub	....	visual effects supervisor: Mr. X Inc.
Colin Withers	....	software developer: Mr. X Inc.
Dong Yon Kang	....	3D animator: Mr. X Inc.
Andy Robinson	....	flame artist: Mr. X Inc. (uncredited)

Stunts
Peter Cox	....	stunt rigger
Tom Farr	....	stunt double: Matthew Ferguson
Tom Farr	....	stunt rigger
Brian Jagersky	....	stunt double: Geraint Wyn Davies
Jamie Jones	....	stunt double: Bruce Gray
Kelly Jones	....	stunt double: Neil Crone
Kelly Jones	....	stunt rigger
Billy Oliver	....	utility stunts
Alison Reid	....	stunt coordinator
Alison Reid	....	stunt double: Greer Kent
Dave Van Zeyl	....	stunt rigger (as Dave Van Zehl)
Jennifer Vey	....	stunt double: Kari Matchett
Jennifer Vey	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Barton-Taylor	....	dolly grip (as Robert Barton Taylor)
Roger Bate	....	gaffer
Paul Boucher	....	camera operator
Jan Brunton	....	camera trainee
Jayson Clute	....	first assistant camera
Chad Edwards	....	electrician
Carl Flood	....	electrician
Sophie Giraud	....	still photographer
Bill Heintz	....	key grip
Terry Hooper	....	grip
Ken Huff	....	grip
Aaron Kazmher	....	best boy (as Aaron Kazmer)
Charles O'Keefe	....	generator operator
Owen Vanooyen	....	electrician
Christopher Warren	....	best boy electric (as Chris Warren)
Chris Weiss	....	second assistant camera
Tom Bate	....	key grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Meredith Caplan	....	casting assistant
Jenny Lewis	....	casting associate
Krisztina M. Neglia	....	extras casting (as Krisztina Meuring)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sierra Constantinides	....	wardrobe truck assistant
Laura DiMarcantonio	....	wardrobe assistant
Jodi Katz	....	assistant costume designer
Samara McAdam	....	on-set wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Peter Cameron	....	negative cutter
Erin Deck	....	first assistant editor
Chris Hinton	....	color timer
Jennifer McSweeney	....	post-production assistant

Transportation Department
Steven 'Sparky' Carr	....	transportation captain (as Stephen 'Sparky' Carr)
Mike Curran	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Courtenay Bainbridge	....	production intern (as Courtenay Bainbridge)
Linda Browne	....	script supervisor
Gord Byford	....	location production assistant
Jeffrey Collins	....	office production assistant
Hillary Cunningham	....	office production assistant
Ernest Dyck	....	stand-in
Liz Ferrier	....	assistant production coordinator (as Liz Ferrier-Tracey)
Cereita Goulbourne	....	assistant accountant
Joel Green	....	unit publicist
Brent Hetherington	....	assistant to producer
Brent Hetherington	....	clearance coordinator
Anthony Kadak	....	location manager
Justin Kelly	....	payroll accountant
David Kinnersly	....	craft service
Randy Kumano	....	production coordinator
Martina Marchione	....	on-set craft
Stacey McKay	....	production accountant
Regina Petrik	....	on-set craft
Charles Taylor	....	armorer
Charles Taylor	....	gun handler
Sophia Vassiliadis	....	stand-in
Laurance Wiese	....	studio manager
Dawna Wright	....	stand-in
Al Vrkljan	....	gun handler (uncredited)
Lennie Williams	....	publicist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Ghost Logic
• Lions Gate Films

Distributors

• Central Partnership (Russia)
• Eagle Pictures
• Gativideo (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (VHS)
• Home Entertainment Corporation PLC (UK)
• Imagem Filmes (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (Germany)
• Klock Worx Company, The
• Lions Gate Films
• Media Suits
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
• NonStop Entertainment (Denmark)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution
• Tantra DMPC Ltd. (Poland)
• Trimark Video

Special Effects

• Cine-Byte Imaging
• Grand Unified Theories
• J.M.S. Special Effects
• Mr. X

Other Companies

• DeLuxe Laboratories  adr
• Eyes Post Group  video and sound transfers
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Mad Dog Films Inc.  title sequence
• Movie Armaments Group  firearms supplied by
• Neg-a-Splice  negative cutting
• Q-Lee Digital Pictures  on-line promotion
• Savage Dog Film & Digitals Ltd.  official web site
• Shade.ca  official game
• Starcraft  craft services
• TOPIX Computer Graphics & Animation  title sequence
• Tattersall Casablanca  sound editing services
• Wilshire Stages, The  adr

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:

The "mercury" at the end of the movie was generated with the software Real Flow and Real Wave.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Numerous mathematical formulas are incorrect.

Quotes:

Kate Filmore: Okay, let's just say we are in this hypercube or whatever; does this diagram show us how to get out?
Jerry Whitehall: Well... no. You see a hypercube isn't supposed to be real. It's just a theoretical construct.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

I No You

Cube 2: Hypercube: 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.

My rating: 6/10

Rated R for language, some violence and brief nudity.