The Cave

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The Cave

PG-13

2005

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Deadly monsters hunt members (Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian) of an exploration team within a vast network of caverns beneath the Carpathian Mountains.

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Critics Consensus

Despite its stylized and impressive sets, this horror-monster movie mish-mash suffers from endless cliches and wildly implausible plotlines.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Jun 29, 2022

If the creature in Alien had proliferated like the movie’s knockoffs, mankind would never have survived.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Sep 4, 2005

0.5/5

Forgettable.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Sep 3, 2005

1/4

Not only is Patrick Tatopoulos' (I, Robot) creature design laughable, but the actors (other than Hauser who somehow manages to make it through unscathed) give some of most shockingly awful performances I've seen all year.

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

Aug 26, 2026

Yet if all you crave is a well-produced, stylized creature-feature that boasts an easy-on-the-eyes cast and some underrated monsters, then you’re in luck.

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Mar 18, 2011

5/10

The Cave is a decently crafted but unoriginal and uninspiring creature feature with a few moments of true entertainment that the rest of the film never matches up to.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Jun 21, 2009

C-

Replete with winged undersea cave monsters, unlikely mountain climbing heroics and a mutating microbe that turns its victims into creatures-in-waiting "The Cave" is a paint-by-numbers thriller lacking in pigment.

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 5, 2026

The Cave is a 1.5 Star Movie!

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 19, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Mica B

@Mica_B Aug 7, 2026

This was very boring. Not much of a plot to be seen. The acting was decent, I think the actors just had a bad script, so they'd probably be better if they had an actually decent script. The cinematography and editing made it hard to understand what was going on and what I was seeing most of the time. The characters made too many dumb decisions. They somehow talked to each other underwater when they had their rebreathers/breathing apparatuses in. And no... they weren't some cool sci-fi mask rebreathers that would make it possible, they literally had those tube things that you bite your teeth down onto or whatever. I do not know how they were talking to each other and hearing each other underwater. There wasn't enough time with the characters or character development to care about them. The ending was stupid.

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Becky A

@RT59308745 Jul 6, 2026

This is definitely not a boy-band knock-off version of The Descent, despite what others are saying. If anything, it compliments that movie nicely. I found the threat of infection to give this one an edge that TD doesn't have. And the acting was excellent. Loved it!

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Farah R

@Farah May 19, 2026

While it’s not on par with The Descent, it’s another entertaining cave dweller creature feature. The acting was solid and the story was interesting. The shaky cam ruined most of the action scenes though, so I’m not sure how much fun it actually was.

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Erin M

@Mightymotes Mar 16, 2026

Very good action horror! I’ve watched this a few times over the years and it’s never a disappointment.

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Tyler

Rick Ravanello

Phillip Briggs

Marcel Iures

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Synopsis

Deadly monsters hunt members (Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian) of an exploration team within a vast network of caverns beneath the Carpathian Mountains.

Director: Bruce Hunt
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Andrew Mason, Richard S. Wright
Screenwriter: Michael Steinberg, Tegan West
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Columbia TriStar
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Creature Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.9M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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