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08/30/05
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
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... [More]
Starring: Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian, Daniel Dae Kim
Director: Bruce Hunt
Reviews for The Cave
It’s all noise and motion that blurs the action to the point of incomprehensibility.
08/29/05
The good thing is its not too scary; the bad thing is its not too scary
08/29/05
You will laugh at numerous unintended jokes -- including the baked-in opportunity for a sequel.
08/29/05
It may dredge up a few frights, but for the most part The Cave is a spelunker clunker.
08/29/05
...it's difficult to take any of this mess seriously. But even unintentional laughs tend to come at a premium in a movie this cheap and derivative.
08/29/05
Movies such as "The Cave" are one of the reasons that box office proceeds are plummeting in record numbers.
08/29/05
Contained enough unusual scenery and frightening sequences to keep my mind off its farfetched plot most of the time.
08/28/05
So very, very stupid... and so very, very fun.
08/27/05
Romps along on its endearingly dumb, shameless wavelength.
08/27/05
Years ago, The Cave would have made an adequate bottom half of double bills. But at today's ticket prices, this is a wait-for-cable movie if there ever was one.
08/27/05
"I haven't seen a hole like this in a long time," one character actually observes. My sentiments exactly.
08/27/05
if you enjoy watching flying, bloodthirsty monsters chase people around dark places, you’ll get a kick from the film
08/27/05
Not once is The Cave scary, suspenseful, or worth the brain cells you'll lose trying to dumb yourself down to its level.
08/26/05
so-so... delivers a couple of jolts before the dopey finale, which takes place in a steamy, flame-filled cavern that looks alarmingly like Dante's Go-Go Lounge.
08/26/05
Just watch the last half-hour of The Cave when it hits HBO or Cinemax. That’ll be all you need to see, and you won’t have to waste eight bucks on it.
08/26/05
Constrained and unreadable, the space turns invaders into opportunistic killers (or maybe just rearrangers, a next step in body snatching).
08/26/05
The film’s creatures are quite derivative, while one of the most intriguing revelations pertaining to them is never convincingly exploited or properly explained.
08/26/05
Even for a weird creature-feature, this murky, run-of-the-mill scare story is decidedly mundane.
08/26/05
Let’s just say that you should go see The Cave - if you’re looking for a cure for intelligence, insomnia or constipation.
08/26/05
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