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The Cave

Official MovieGuy review:
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I've mentioned it before that I am a huge movie nut and an even bigger nut over b-movies. The Cave is almost a b-movie. What keeps it from becoming one is the fact that all of the actors in it don't realize that they're in a bad movie and therefore try to act seriously, when everything around them cannot be taken so.

The Cave has everything going for it too. Great set-up. Great scenery and setting. Great tense moments. What it doesnt have going for it is a stellar cast of made-for-TV actors and a monster that I think was made from leftovers of the Queen Alien from Aliens, the Predator, the thing from Jeepers Creepers and the velociraptor from Jurassic Park.

The movie centers around a group of cave divers/explorers who are brought in to check out a centuries-old cave inside of a Romanian church. Soon after entering the cave, the group realizes that they arent alone way down underneath the Earth's surface. Mayhem ensues. There is also a subplot with infections happening in this movie that is kind of explained, and not played out well enough to go along with how the movie ended.

I thought this movie had its moments. Both good and bad. While watching it though, and with the way it ended, I couldnt help but think there was about 40 minutes of footage cut out from the movie that probably would have been pivotal to the storyline. Well, 40 minutes might be pushing it. Maybe 15 or so. And there were no deleted scenes on the DVD, so I couldnt even watch them after the fact.

I guess watch this one if you're at the video store and everything else you want to see is already rented. But rent something else with it and watch this first so the second movie can wash the bad taste out of your mouth.