We pick up very quickly that master cave diver Frank (Richard Roxburgh) and his teenage son Josh (Rhys Wakefield) don’t get along. Then of course the characters start talking and we start weighing the gorgeousness of the visuals against the banality of the words. Indeed, as the film opens and we have one of our few encounters with civilization, a few roof shacks appear to extend out into the theater, roughly two rows in front of the viewer. Under Alister Grierson’s direction, we get a wonderful sense of how rock shelves in caves stretch out at a particular distance and we practically get vertigo watching water thunder down deep drops. Most films waste the format – not so SANCTUM. We see one breathtaking underwater vista after another, brought to us in uncommonly effective 3D. James Cameron, who executive-produced SANCTUM, is famous for his love of diving, and although he did not direct this film, that passion and its cause are evident throughout. The lad has far more time for Carl (why, Ioan Gruffudd, why?), the feckless, glamorous billionaire who financed the operation.Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Parkinson, Dan Willie Who could have imagined that the eerie, magnificent bowels of the earth contained such toxic levels of clunky exposition and rubbish plotting? Who knew anyone would want to remakeĪt the heart of a very sketchy “drama” we find young Bieber- alike Josh (Rhys Wakefield), a teenager who has been shanghaied by grizzled, estranged diver dad Frank (Richard Roxburgh) into a perilous expedition. Sanctumtrades on geek boy facts, technical specs and pure testosterone.īased on the xtreme(!) caving explorations of Cameron's longtime collaborator, Andrew Wight, the film takes us on a journey through the unknown. Set within the deadly confines of The Biggest Cave In The World (the Esa'ala system in the South Pacific, apparently), You can see why the bearded box- office champ was an eager executive producer. "JAMES CAMERON'S SANCTUM" trumpets the publicity for this half-arsed potholing adventure. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Richard Roxburgh, Alice Parkinson, Rhys Wakefield, Dan Wyllie 15A cert, gen release, 109 min
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