Monday 11 July 2011

Movie review: James Cameron Sanctum (2011)

Perhaps we have before not in this exact situation, but certainly a similar. Sanctum rarely presents all thrills outside of the predictable Poseidon-like disaster/adventure movie staple and a predictable route follows through their labyrinthine abyss complete with obligatory panicked survivors, expected malfunctions and inevitable weather equipment complications. It is still an interesting journey thanks to one moments exciting decent portion, but it is regrettable that the characters keep not the same level of intrigue. Heavy tired dialogue and a few too many annoying, affect very thin personas doses of the tragedy and shocking action that seeps into the second half of the film. With James Cameron name attached perhaps is only really shocking element the absence of extraterrestrial life.

The enormous and almost inaccessible caves of ESA is exactly contain ALA the last unexplored areas on Earth - and that, in the Cave Diver Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd) want to go. Funds for a few months long expedition, hires Carl master cavers Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) and his experienced team of researchers, which set out the cave system and finds a route to the sea. Brings his girlfriend Victoria occurs (Alice Parkinson) together for a little Spelunking fun, Carl frank and his crew for their latest breakthrough to a new section of the cave. But stranded her adventures in exploration quickly to frenzied bidding for survival when an unexpected Flash flood strikes and the small group of explorers, including Frank's wayward son Josh (Rhys Wakefield), in the tunnel. Frank determines how the caves fill with water and the only exit is blocked, that is their only chance for salvation to head deeper into the unknown regions of the labyrinth.

"What could go diving in caves may be wrong?" Victoria asks rhetorically, quite careless. Apparently she has never seen a film by James Cameron. Sanctum the abyss is undeniably similar to but not without several incredibly exciting scenes, some unpleasant surprises and stunning scenery. To further distinguish itself of other generic thriller, has not often in such adventures found a striking attention to realism sanctum. While there are certainly creative liberties taken (the true event-inspiration is drastically changed), the sustained notions of death, injury and panic without interference of science fiction credibly be presented elements or timidity, when dealing with gut-wrenching dilemmas.

Like a much more intense, complex version of 127 hours (with like-minded people ready to risk the dangers consciously and therefore harder to sympathize with), Sanctum focuses on several fears: claustrophobia, choking up, less conventional, darkness, hypothermia, hunger, decompression sickness, inexperience, pain, heights and a few surprising graphic horror. Creeping fear and finally nerve-wracking panic, with grain and high voltage turns shown differences in opinions. Although the typical nature and the construction of the team of explorers - together with their bad introductory dialogue - spell disaster for the character development and acting categories, delivered as soon as error, no let-up launch the crew of the standard of snowball effect of disaster movies. How many is the original dynamics of the predicaments enough audience on the edge of their seats for the execution time despite leaving a really satisfactory degree noticeably difficult to keep.

-The twins Massie ( GoneWithTheTwins.com )


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