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Tony Toscano reviews “Sanctum”

Anytime a script calls for 3 or more people to be trapped somewhere trying to escape, you enter the cliché zone. And “Sanctum” is no exception.

The film revolves around a group of cave divers, financed (of course) by an eccentric billionaire who get trapped in a massive cave they are exploring. As their expensive equipment begins to fail, they struggle to stay alive and find a way out.

Ok, sounds like a good plot but what the film does is boil everything down to its basic stereotype and the film becomes predictable, formulaic and boring. So boring most of the audience was looking for a way out long before the actors on the screen.

On the bright side, the 3-D effects in the film were done remarkably well, but that doesn’t erase the fact that bad is even worse in 3-D.

When all is said and done, “Sanctum” is a forgettable film with paper-thin characters and a lackluster script they tried selling to James Cameron fans by attaching his name (as Executive Producer) to the poster art and TV ads.

It gets a D and is rated R

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