The suspense movie, Sanctum which was written by John Garvin and Andrew Wright along with executive producer James Cameron (Titanic and Avatar) is among my favorites. During an underwater cave expedition the characters come face to face with earth shattering reality as the cave starts to collapse and they are blocked in. The main characters, Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh), the father of 17 year-old Josh (Rhys Wakefield), and Frank's financial partner Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd) decide to head further into the cave as its filling up with water. The team gears up and they are on their way. The reality of this movie is the life and death decisions they all have to make when it comes to survival as the team quickly learns. "The crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they survive, or will they be trapped forever?" (Universal Pictures). You're immediately thrown into their fear at the tight spaces and darkness. The lighting is beautiful and well played out. In one scene Josh and Frank are so close to the surface and so the cave is well lit and there's even a butterfly in the shot, yet as they realize there's no way for them to get out that way they continue down the low lit dark small cave. The team looses players fast and as they make their way throughout the caves winding mazes, only Frank, Carl and Josh remain at the highlight of the movie. After a harsh betrayal, the father son team start a new relationship learning the strengths of each other and realize they really do love each other. Josh starts and ends the movie with "I never knew my father, but I found him in that cave. He was a hell of a fella, once you got to know him." I have to say this is one of my favorite quotes. Each twist and turn in this movie is well played out and adds to the audiences suspense and relation to all of the characters. The movie is rated R for some language and violence along with some disturbing images.
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