Cube 2: Hypercube (DVD)

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room The first Cube film, release in 1997, was a surprise sleeper hit, melding an intense atmosphere with compelling characters and an absolutely engrossing mystery that mastered the art that what you don't see is more compelling than what you do most of the time. After its success, it was no surprise that the low-budget film was going to get a sequel, in the rather dodgy Cube 2: Hypercube, which reveals more about the nature of the Cube but at the cost of the carefully-crafted intrigue that made the first film such a delight in the first place. The premise is simple - another group of hapless ...  Read the complete review

There are a few films that stick in the head, not because they are particularly good, but rather because they gather a cult following. This following then acts like a media train, to lure more viewers in. One such film was the original cube. It was essentially, a low budget horror/thriller, with poor unknown actors. But for some unknown reason, it worked. I far one am a big fan of the original, which kept you gripped to the end, even though for the most part you were staring at a white room, with very little going on in it.So, when cube 2 : hypercube came out, I for one was quite exited. For those of you who do not know the original, a brief ...  Read the complete review

Cube 2: Hypercube is the follow on from cube. Eight strangers awake to find themselves in a cube shaped room. Each person in a different room. Their is a door on each face of the cube and each one leads them into an identical room. No one remembers how they got there. Eventually they meet and relalise they all have something to do with the cube and that they each have a skill to get them out. Unlike cube 1, this time they are in a 4th dimension cube, one that they thought could only exist in theory. This film is a lot more interesting than cube 1 and is a lot scarier. The horror is built up through playing on the viewers fears such as being trapped. There are ...  Read the complete review