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If there's an undersea adventure with high-tech equipment, macho posturing, and lots of underwater photography, you know James Cameron must be swimming around the vicinity. Add the fact that Sanctum was released to theaters in 3-D, and it's clinched. Cameron served as executive producer to this crazy tale of a cave-diving expedition forced to improvise when a typhoon inundates their Australian location. (The film is allegedly based on a true event by co-screenwriter Andrew Wight, but it might be safe to conclude that the original incident was a jumping-off point for the high melodrama on display here.) A globetrotting billionaire (Ioan Gruffudd, of Fantastic Four) is underwriting this exploration of a hidden cave maze, which explains why he gets to bring his girlfriend (Alice Parkinson) along. As a measure of their thrill-seeking habits, we are told they met on an Everest climb. The cave-diving boss is a crusty old pro (Richard Roxburgh), who is rough on his underlings and even rougher on his teenage son (Rhys Wakefield); naturally, the cataclysm that follows will be an occasion for some extreme father-son fence mending. As cornball as these elements are, and as generally toneless as director Alister Grierson's ear is with the dialogue scenes, Sanctum does work up some bona fide thrills: the sheer power of water is unleashed at a few memorable spots, as is the panic of losing an oxygen tank at a crucial moment. It's also pretty brutal, with a steep body count and a few grotesque bits of bodily injury. It ought to be easy to dismiss Sanctum as a silly piece of boy's adventure, but--curse you, Cameron!--one must admit that the thing is awfully effective. --Robert Horton
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2.0 out of 5 stars
A failure,
This review is from: Sanctum [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
****** SPOILERS ******This movie had temporary potential in the very beginning, but just went downhill. The dialogue was cliche and plot predictable. The characters made unrealistic decisions that lead to their deaths. Idiocy spread like the raging water that filled the caves. I was surprised all the females died because usually a female always makes it out alive with the surviving hero, or the female herself is the lone survivor. However, all the females in Sanctum were idiots and didn't deserve to survive. I felt more people should have survived. I think if they threw a supernatural element into the story it could have gone way further given the location and plot. On the pros side, the sets and locations were nice. I'm happy I didn't pay to see this in theaters or heaven forbid buy it.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Far too predictable,
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This review is from: Sanctum (DVD)
I hope this movie was better in the big theatre in 3D as it was really awful watching it at home. It was so very predictable. A group of cave spelunkers caught underground as a huge storm rages overhead knocking out communications. The cave floods, of course, and they are forced to find another way out. It's a premise that been done before, over and over, but, not, of course, with James Cameron's involvement. I thought, after Titanic and Avatar, that this movie would have great potential but I was really disappointed. Some of the death scenes were especially gory and I would not recommend it for a younger audience. I would never watch it again and would suggest not wasting your money.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice Surprise!,
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This review is from: Sanctum [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
I saw Sanctum in the theatre and really enjoyed it. So much so I had to add it to my home movie collection. Thumbs up from me!
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