Sanctum 3D
A 3D action-thriller, executive produced by James Cameron (Avatar), following an underwater cave diving team on an expedition to the least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces the divers deep into the caverns, they fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea.
Master diver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team, including 17-year-old son Josh and financier Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd), are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out.
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Watchable (in 3D)
After a pre-emptive cyclone blocks off a massive cove, a bunch of Aussie cavers must find an escape route before it floods. However, the characters are so unlikeable, you?re bound not to care. The dialog?s dumber than a deep-fried dingo, and if THAT line annoyed you, then prepare for an onslaught of incredibly bad Australianisms. Although, for every...
Not what you'd expect...
and certainly not what you'd knowingly pay good money for. This is a silly movie with potentially great styling and a good enough story but the execution was just that. The location stuff was pretty cool and the 3D was effective but there was not enough of it. there needed to be more! The acting was woodsy and lame and the accents were bad - the dialogue...
U can wait for the 2d DVD/Blue ray version
It started really well just like Jurasic park impending doom just around the corner - but thats were the good went bad. Just reminds me of how much the Ozzy accent sounds bad (keewee not much better aye) but still, little to no story line left nothing but nature to flush the humans down the drain and out to sea. Not a sport I want to take up.. who wants to...
Total Film
pressDespite having characters as shallow as its caves are bottomless and a plot as predictable as 127 Hours, this suspenseful actioner delivers seat-edge thrills in accomplished goggle-vision.
The New York Times
pressThe director Alister Grierson, not grasping that bad dialogue is sometimes best delivered quietly, encourages his actors to shout and thrash about, and so they do, like fish out of water and performers out of their depth.
Roger Ebert
pressSanctum tells the story of a terrifying adventure in an incompetent way. Some of it is exciting, the ending is involving, and all of it is a poster child for the horrors of 3-D used badly.
Hollywood Reporter
pressBanal dialogue, over-modulated performances and melodramatic scoring combine forces to sink the stirringly photographed proceedings quicker than that treacherous flash flood.
Empire Magazine
pressWorkmanlike suspenser, with plenty of cold water but sparse chills. When it comes to James Cameron scuba thrillers, "The Abyss" still has the edge.
Christchurch Press
pressSchlock horror and bad dialogue mar 3D caving drama, says our reviewer
Total Film
pressDespite having characters as shallow as its caves are bottomless and a plot as predictable as 127 Hours, this suspenseful actioner delivers seat-edge thrills in accomplished goggle-vision.
The New York Times
pressThe director Alister Grierson, not grasping that bad dialogue is sometimes best delivered quietly, encourages his actors to shout and thrash about, and so they do, like fish out of water and performers out of their depth.
Roger Ebert
pressSanctum tells the story of a terrifying adventure in an incompetent way. Some of it is exciting, the ending is involving, and all of it is a poster child for the horrors of 3-D used badly.
Hollywood Reporter
pressBanal dialogue, over-modulated performances and melodramatic scoring combine forces to sink the stirringly photographed proceedings quicker than that treacherous flash flood.
Empire Magazine
pressWorkmanlike suspenser, with plenty of cold water but sparse chills. When it comes to James Cameron scuba thrillers, "The Abyss" still has the edge.
Christchurch Press
pressSchlock horror and bad dialogue mar 3D caving drama, says our reviewer
Watchable (in 3D)
After a pre-emptive cyclone blocks off a massive cove, a bunch of Aussie cavers must find an escape route before it floods. However, the characters are so unlikeable, you?re bound not to care. The dialog?s dumber than a deep-fried dingo, and if THAT line annoyed you, then prepare for an onslaught of incredibly bad Australianisms. Although, for every...
Not what you'd expect...
and certainly not what you'd knowingly pay good money for. This is a silly movie with potentially great styling and a good enough story but the execution was just that. The location stuff was pretty cool and the 3D was effective but there was not enough of it. there needed to be more! The acting was woodsy and lame and the accents were bad - the dialogue...
U can wait for the 2d DVD/Blue ray version
It started really well just like Jurasic park impending doom just around the corner - but thats were the good went bad. Just reminds me of how much the Ozzy accent sounds bad (keewee not much better aye) but still, little to no story line left nothing but nature to flush the humans down the drain and out to sea. Not a sport I want to take up.. who wants...
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