The characters are no longer the stereotypes of Cube, who at least *had* some shreds of personality to stereotype. The story has ambitions of being based on high-level scientific concepts instead of being about escape from deadly danger (the Cube is not very deadly anymore). The set design and visual direction is "artistic", light (!!!), and airy instead of claustrophobic, dark, and tensely dangerous. So, now the Cube is no longer mysterious, but has a history, a purpose, an entourage, and a future. al.) having the opinion that they know the important values of the Cube "franchise" better than the filmmakers who created it. This seems to have resulted in all of the (presumably) better-paid production staff (writers, producers, director, et. Cube 2 being a sequel to a surprisingly engaging and beloved film (and having more production money for this reason), has acquired an ego that the original film did not have. However, the script is so much worse than Cube's (and Cube's script wasn't Oscar-level, shall we say), that the "better" actors got *much* poorer material, and wind up looking like *worse* actors than the original Cube's cast.ģ. Now, I didn't find the first film's actors to be (all) bad, but the actors in Cube 2 were noticeably better overall. Cube 2 had more production money, thus could afford "better" actors. This results in "better" effects, but many fewer, and more reliance on effects to engage the viewer than the creativity needed for the ultra-low-budget Cube.Ģ. Cube 2 had more production money than Cube. To some degree, being a fan of the first film is actually a disadvantage with the sequel, because of the similarities and differences, summarized as:ġ. I saw this movie because I am a fan of Cube.
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