Sanctum (2011)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

This movie gets a lot of negative reviews, because i think people expect a wrong kind of movie. Yes the emotional shots linger a bit too long here and some characters you just want to smack in the face for just being a one-dimensional dick but that are honestly the only flaws i can find. Some movies use certain devices to sell a story, like more focus on the action instead of character build up, some use more emotion and less suspensefull scenes, some use it all, and those are mostly classified as a masterpiece. But not every movie has every device covered, and that's ok. This one is propelled by the intense feel of claustophobia, tension, excitement and suspense. Sure it lacks on the other departments a bit but that is not what holds this movie together. What it's not good at, meh, it wasn;t meant to be it;s selling point anyway. But what ths movie does best - it does so with grace, and that is keeping you to the edge of your seat! Highly reccomend people who suffer from claustrophobia or fear of drowning to skip this movie, because every scene only feeds that anxiety. If you don't have these fears yet, believe me, you will get a good taste of it.

Watch it! Great cave movie, simply loved it, very accurate.

Just saw another movie "As Above, So Below" (2014) that, although different, I couldn't think and compare it with "Sanctum".Well, this (Sanctum) is a proper movie. Good direction, good enough development of the characters, good acting (although a little melodramatic), still more honest in almost every way. Plus it is based on a true story and the man who experienced it is one of the writers of the movie.Sanctum is beautifully photographed. You also get James Cameron as an executive producer so you can expect to have an appeal in a broader audience.Overall: If you are up for a survival film, this it will not disappoint you.

SANCTUM is quite a predictable film, a would-be disaster outing about a group of cavers who have to escape from a flooding cave system when their expedition is beset by disaster. Produced by James Cameron and made in 3D, this Aussie outing is by-the-numbers for the most part, although it does have a handful of good suspense and action scenes which make it worth a watch.The movie is not without its problems, one of which is the calibre of the cast. Alister Grierson is pretty good at directing the action and death sequences that inevitably arise, when it comes to the dialogue scenes and more human moments then it's a different story. The majority of the cast here give absolutely horrible performances, which is particularly surprising given some of the talent involved.The most notable culprit is Ioan Gruffudd, who was fine back in the day in the HORNBLOWER television series, but whose B-movie acting here is absolutely diabolical. It's a pitiful, pantomime performance and the worst I've ever seen from him. The female cast members are also notably wooden, and the only decent turn comes from the underrated Richard Roxburgh, whose strong central character is pretty much the only reason to stick with this.