"Sanctum" Film Review (RealD 3D)
Scuba divers trapped in a cave filled with water. What? 2 1/2 stars As featured in: "The Ithacan" What can go wrong diving in caves echoes throughout the spooky underground adventure of “Sanctum,” a 3D saga where one wrong turn could lead to death. Whether it’s getting lost in uncharted territory, going crazy or swallowing its pride, the largely unknown cast of “Sanctum” gets showered in a sea of hurt. “Sanctum” takes place almost entirely in a vast network of subterranean caves in Papua New Guinea. Richard Roxburgh plays Frank, a character akin to a modern day Indiana Jones. However, Frank isn’t afraid of snakes like Indie was. In fact, hardly anything makes him skittish. Frank revels in the unknown and along with a group of highly trained climbers, divers and waterproof robots, sets out to finish mapping the rest of the largest cave system in the world. The first twenty minutes of “Sanctum” are terrible. Director Alister Grieson makes absurd decisions that he seemin...