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Film: Sanctum 3D
Format: 3D
Run time (approx): 109 mins (Approx)
My Rating (out of 10): 7
Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama
Film Highlight: Spectacular underwater scenery and a stunning environment.
The cast of neighbours are back with a few of their friends for a feature length film ! Jokes aside but you may get that impression after you first dive (pun intended) into this film, the script is that awful. But lets not start on bad terms (oh wait I just did...).
The film is based on a true story and follows a team of underwater cave divers on an expedition to a ridiculously massive, least accessible cave system on earth. It all goes terribly wrong when a tropical storm forces them deeper into this sanctum to face an underwater maze, high claustrophobia, raging water, the sound of their own annoying accents and a crazy psychopath that appears to be Lancelot from King Arthur... my bad hes part of the expedition group. There's also some "I don't know my father, the way i want to" cheese that's overly used in films these days, but I suppose it doesn't take anything away from the film visually.
Richard Roxburgh (Dracula,Van Helsing) plays the father/expert of all caves large whilst his son Rhys Wakefield (looks like he should be in Skins or something) plays the son ( a 17 year old cave climbing expert... HAAAHAAAHA). Other cast members include Ioan Gruffudd (King Arthur), Alice Parkinson (X-men Origins), Dan Wyllie (Chopper) and Christopher Baker (The Condemned). Richard Roxburgh certainly stood out in terms of performance and he was the most convincing actor there but that might of had something to do with the awful script or bad cliches every other second, all the good cliches were ruined by the Australian accent which just didn't suit them. There were a few emotional moments in the film followed by disturbing scenes, but i wont ruin it for you.
The main reason I wanted to go and see this film was because of the panic filled, claustrophobic, spectacular cave system roller coaster that I saw in the trailer. Sanctum certainly lived up to this and the 3D just made it unbelievably realistic, it felt like you were really there (for most of the duration). I was close to having a panic attack when confronting my two biggest fears; water and the feeling of being closed in. But it was adrenaline filled and fun.
On a separate note , James Cameron was one of the producers of this film, I suspect it was more of a research task to trial out 3D underwater and in a different environment to prepare for the sequel to Avatar.
At the end of the day...
+3D made this film, see it in 3D its stunning
+Spectacular scenery and environment
+Something different
+Visually amazing (with a little help from James Cameron)
-Awful script
-Cheesy cliches
-Majority of cast seemed like they had retired from neighbours
-Some predictable parts
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