“What could go wrong?” is a line from Sanctum. The answer; when you’re exploring uncharted caves and a cyclone hits, then everything can go wrong.
Director James Cameron brings us Sanctum which is a man vs elements movie that is inspired by a true story. A team of explorers, led by Frank McGuire (Richard Roxborough), set off in Papa New Guinea’s Esa-Ala caves where one of the biggest network of caves in the world may be located. When a flash flood hits the cave and blocks their planned exit, it forces Frank and his team, which includes his son Josh (Rhys Wakefield), to delve deeper into the caves in search of another. But one by one the water is picking them off and all they have to rely on to survive is their wits and each other.
This thriller is a different kind of thriller to past movies. It’s like The Descent, except without the monsters, so the thrills come from the claustrophobic situations that the characters face and it does well to terrify because of the realistic possibilities that the movie holds. Because of what it is, most will find this movie gripping, but after a while may grow tired of watching the same situation taking place just in different part of the caves.
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