terror underground

The Cave (2005)

starring: Cole Hauser, Eddie Cibrian, Piper Perabo, Morris Chestnut

Scientists call in a group of ultra-expert cave divers to help map a cavern system in the mountains of Romania. A piece of cake and an adventure is what it should have been. No one counted on it being more like hell than anything else.

I had no idea what to expect but what it turned out to be was a quick-paced, semi-interesting horror/suspense flick taking place almost exclusively underground. Like so many movies made in this same layout, we never get to really know who these characters are. The suspense is supposed to make up for that and here in The Cave it does. The action flows along nicely, killing off one person after another but without a whole lot of gore. A lot of the acting is just plain and even bordering on lame. I wasn't bored but neither was I left thinking this is a very good movie. All together everything levels out into a mediocre viewing experience.