The Cave is a rare find, a film that is pure formula, yet impossible to follow.
The Cave (2005)
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Reviews Counted:103
Fresh:13
Rotten:90
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: Despite its stylized and impressive sets, this horror-monster movie mish-mash suffers from endless cliches and wildly implausible plotlines.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense creature violence.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Aug 26, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $14,888,028
Synopsis: A sexy bunch of underwater explorers are summoned to Romania's Carpathian Mountains, where scientists have discovered a gigantic cave network containing a lengthy underground river. Cutting-edge... A sexy bunch of underwater explorers are summoned to Romania's Carpathian Mountains, where scientists have discovered a gigantic cave network containing a lengthy underground river. Cutting-edge breathing gear gets unpacked, camaraderie and budding romances develop, and then everyone becomes trapped in the depths, where monsters start picking off cast members, one by one. Escape depends on Jack, played by the dependably steely-eyed Cole Hauser (PAPARAZZI), who picked up a bad monster bite that may have infected his mind. Super-vixen Charlie (Piper Perabo) stands by him and displays a soothing screen presence as the tomboy rock climber in the crew, while Leana Headey plays the sexy Romanian biologist who fears that Jack is turning into a monster himself. Fans of B-movie monster movies should find this a nice cave to visit; there's no skimping on action or impressive set design, and each new cavern is weirder and more claustrophobic than the last. Staggeringly tall cliff faces, dark ominous waters, and a great, nerve-wracking orchestral soundtrack all add up to a fun horror adventure in the classic Saturday matinee sense. Of course, like all good monster movies, it borrows liberally from past classics: think of it as ANACONDA meets ALIEN by way of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, and if that doesn't sound like a fine way to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon, make sure you tread carefully as you exit THE CAVE! [More]
Starring: Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian, Daniel Dae Kim
Starring: Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian, Daniel Dae Kim, Kieran Darcey-Smith, Rick Ravanello, Marcel Iures, Lena Headey, Piper Perabo
Director: Bruce Hunt
Director: Bruce Hunt
Screenwriter: Michael Steinberg
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Andrew Mason, Richard S. Wright, Michael Ohoven
Composer: Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil
Studio: Screen Gems
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Reviews for The Cave
The makers of The Cave must have conceived their plot by Googling 'creature features' and 'recipes for monster mash.'
A cheesy, often unintentionally funny, direct-to-video-caliber knockoff of Aliens that couldn't be more shallow.
The only truly scary thing in The Cave is the idea, as set up by the ending, that there could be a sequel.
The two kings of last August, Morris Chestnut and Cole Hauser, return to the screen for another late summer turkey
The Cave sunk to new depths - it's totally lacking in humor, imagination, personality, or any real entertainment value.
If they had packed a little more character development and logic, "The Cave" would have felt a little less empty.
[T]he monsters... are so derivative that they almost seem like old friends rather than a new threat.
Without 'scary' and 'surprising,' what is The Cave left with? Flying amphibian monsters. Which are great to have in a movie, I'll grant you, but not by themselves.
Director Bruce Hunt shouldn’t be allowed to film a birthday party, let alone a major motion picture.
This movie unfolds as though the scenes were assembled in random order. At least I think that's what it looks like; it's hard to say because it was so dark and murky looking.
Despite the occasional chuckles of embarrassment for what the cast (including Morris Chestnut, Piper Perabo, and Eddie Cibrian) must endure, The Cave is a dead end.
Now that Hollywood has manufactured enough Alien clones to fill a wall at Blockbuster, who needs another?
A bottomless pit of lame characters, horror-film cliches and improbable monsters.
'Something's not right here,' proclaims one of the characters exploring the creepy depths of The Cave. We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
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