| | | There Are Places Man Was Never Meant To Go
Features: Widescreen, French, Dubbed & Subtitled, English, Spanish, Subtitled
Deep in a romanian forest, scientists stumble upon the ruins ofa 13th century abbey built over the entrance to an undergroundcave system. They hire a group of american cave explorers toinvestigate the caves. But the group's escape route is cut off and they are hunted by the monstrous creatures that live down below.
Editor's Note
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!
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | DVD Quality Picture | | Full Length Movie | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 5/22/2007 |
| Running Time: 97 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 13095 | | UPC: 00043396130951 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | San Francisco Chronicle 5 of 10
For the first half hour of The Cave, it's pretty easy to appreciate the spelunk-errific cinematography and ignore everything else. Maybe that was the way to go with this film -- get rid of all the second-tier actors and fourth-tier monsters and make a documentary.But this poorly executed March of the Stalagmites is interesting for only that long, and what's left is a claustrophobic horror film that provides nothing original beyond its underground setting. - Peter Hartlaub
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