Sanctum: Extreme people, extreme danger, terrifying adventure !

Rating: 3/5

First & foremost let me clarify this to you; James Cameron is not the part of Sanctum’s production, direction & writing. He has executed some of the 3d effects and the film uses his unique 3d photography technique of Avatar, that’s why his name is flashing in the poster & trailer of the film. Sanctum’s makers are not confident enough, so they are generating hype of a king size i.e.  From the makers of AVATAR & TITANIC.

A team of underwater cave divers is on a perfidious outing to the largest, most gorgeous and least accessible cave system on Earth - the Esa-ala Caves of New Guinea. Master diver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) has seen the sights of South Pacific's wonder. But when a tropical storm forces them deeper into the caves, they must come to blows with raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an escape route to the sea. Frank's team, including 17-year-old son Josh (Rhys Wakefield) and financier Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffud), are forced to radically alter plans. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: can any of them survive, or will they be trapped forever?

Hollywood film-makers are in delightful mood of serving films, based on Adventures. Film stands no where in comparison of 127 Hours. This one’s missing many elements; basic facets of film-making. There are instances which will make you believe the tension of the protagonists but they are few. Death counts, keeps us surprising.

Father (Richard Roxburgh) & Son (Rhys Wakefield) go hand-in-hand to escape from the darkest & deepest cave. They discover each other there, but that was totally slapdash fixation from the writer. Acting is nothing to speak of here, and what was the requirement for hand-to-hand fight in an escapade/underwater adventure film I don’t understand and I doubt it even its makers wouldn’t have understand that.

There are few gorgeously cinematographed & anxiety offering scenes, only for that I recommend you to witness to this movie. Don’t watch it in 3d (comprises of minimum effects), catch it in 2d. Film has already been shelved by critics, but don’t bother about it, it’s watchable !