Richard RoxburghFrank
Ioan GruffuddCarl
Rhys WakefieldJosh
Alice ParkinsonVictoria
Dan WyllieCrazy George
Christopher James BakerJ.D.
Nicole DownesLiz
Allison CratchleyJudes
Cramer CainLuko
Andrew HansenDex
John GarvinJim Sergeant
Sean DennehyChopper Pilot
Nea DiapKastom ShamanWhy it may be worth watching
- Sanctum combines Action and Thriller elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhys Wakefield.
- Viewers currently rate it 6.1/10 from 1,221 votes.
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Sanctum
The only way out is down.
Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team—including 17-year-old son Josh and financier Carl Hurley are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out.
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Best suited to viewers looking for Action, Thriller.
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expeditioncavebased on true storyscuba divingpapua new guineahypothermiacave divingunderwater cave
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John ChardExternal review ·
A private place from which most people are excluded…
Much was made during the publicity and promotion for Sanctum of James Cameron’s name being attached, understandably so. Sanctum is what it is, a glossy exercise in 3D film making, a disaster movie awash with clichés and contrivances, a picture that’s narrative drive comes from following a well worn formula in this particular sphere of genre film making. Is it fun? Thrilling? Oh absolutely! The effects work is super at times, the scenery equally so, whilst some of the set pieces are dynamite. If you…
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A private place from which most people are excluded…
Much was made during the publicity and promotion for Sanctum of James Cameron’s name being attached, understandably so. Sanctum is what it is, a glossy exercise in 3D film making, a disaster movie awash with clichés and contrivances, a picture that’s narrative drive comes from following a well worn formula in this particular sphere of genre film making. Is it fun? Thrilling? Oh absolutely! The effects work is super at times, the scenery equally so, whilst some of the set pieces are dynamite. If you can get past the cheese and cliché buffet bar then there’s a whole bunch of tasty treats to be sampled down in those dark and dingy cave formations…
It’s directed by Alister Grierson but in truth this is a Cameron movie, and with that comes the fact that it’s the best and worst of Cameron. Take that as you will… 6.5/10
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