Synopsis
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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Cast
- Richard RoxburghFrank
- Ioan GruffuddCarl
- Rhys WakefieldJosh
- Alice ParkinsonVictoria
- Dan WyllieCrazy George
- Christopher James BakerJ.D.
- Nicole DownsLiz
- Allison CratchleyJudes
- Cramer CainLuko
- Andrew HansenDex
Recommendations
- 70
Boxoffice Magazine
There's plenty of atmosphere and awe, even if it's in the service of a story that starts rote and finds its sea legs only when half the divers have sunk their bones to Davy Jones. - 63
Orlando Sentinel
It's a solid, old-fashioned action yarn filled with the very latest dive gear and the oldest plot formula in the movie-maker's playbook. - 50
Variety
The key to enjoying Sanctum is to look, not listen. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Here and there an image of spectral beauty, assisted by the 3-D technology, floats into view and captures our imagination. But the script, which really should've been called "Sanctimonium," has a serious case of the bends. - 42
Tampa Bay Times
A movie that wouldn't get much attention if the creator of "Titanic" and "Avatar" (as the ads overhype) weren't tangentially involved. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Banal dialogue, over-modulated performances and melodramatic scoring combine forces to sink the stirringly photographed proceedings quicker than that treacherous flash flood. - 40
Arizona Republic
What it has instead is really bad acting set against often-stunning cave-wall backdrops and underwater action sequences. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
Sanctum tells the story of a terrifying adventure in an incompetent way. Some of it is exciting, the ending is involving, and all of it is a poster child for the horrors of 3-D used badly.
