Sanctum R

The only way out is down.
Sanctum
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item number:  V74Q
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 7, 2011
  • Originally Released: 2011
  • Label: Universal Studios

Performers, Cast and Crew:

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Directed by
Screenwriting by &
Composition by
Photography by
Director of Photography:
Executive Production by

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 38,272
Rating: 2/5 -- It's a continuing clash between laughably poor acting and ultra-serious brow-furrowing that renders Sanctum unintentionally hilarious, thereby deflating it completely. Full Review
TheShiznit.co.uk
Sep 28, 2012
The premise is strong with SANCTUM....Director Alister Grierson and cinematographer Jules O'Loughlin combine location shooting, digital effects and a considerable amount of soundstage and water-tank footage.
Los Angeles Times
Feb 4, 2011
[I]t's easy to get caught up in the action....It's full of stomach-clenching settings, from vertiginous drop-offs to claustrophobic squeezes.
A.V. Club
Feb 3, 2011
3 stars out of 5 -- [The] scenes of gushing torrents, plunging bodies and subaqueous rockslides [are] given a a visceral jolt....It's ethereal imagery like this that sustains fascination.
Total Film
Apr 1, 2011
Rating: B- -- Sanctum has on its plus side stunning settings and excellent use of the 3D process [but] that dimensionality doesn't go very far with the characters. Full Review
Assignment X
Feb 15, 2019
Rating: 1/5 -- Coupled with Frank's borderline sociopathic 'survival of the fittest' philosophy and his son Rhys Wakefield's bland sulkiness, there's not one likeable character to care about when things go wrong. Full Review
Hot Press
Mar 11, 2016
It's ruthless, claustrophobic and rather less fun than the 1959 version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Full Review
Guardian
Feb 7, 2011

Product Description:

An intrepid team of explorers gets trapped in a complex underground cave system when a tropical storm makes it impossible to escape the same way they entered in this claustrophobic adventure drama from director Alister Grierson and executive producer James Cameron. Inspired by actual events, SANCTUM tells the tale of Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh), a master diver intent on being the first to explore the Esa-ala cave system in the South Pacific. Shortly after Frank descends into the caves with a team that includes his teenage son, Josh (Rhys Wakefield), and expedition bankroller Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd), a massive storm collapses the entrance to the system, forcing the adventurers to plunge deeper into the darkness in search of an alternate exit. With supplies quickly dwindling and water levels rapidly rising, Frank and his team surmise that their best hope for survival is to follow an underground river thought to empty into the ocean. But given that few explorers have ever even dared set foot in the Esa-ala system, no one quite knows for sure whether they're racing toward freedom, or another dead end.

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Product Info

  • UPC: 025192073540
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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