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The Cave

Play trailer Poster for The Cave PG-13 2005 1h 37m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Deadly monsters hunt members (Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian) of an exploration team within a vast network of caverns beneath the Carpathian Mountains.
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Critics Consensus

Despite its stylized and impressive sets, this horror-monster movie mish-mash suffers from endless cliches and wildly implausible plotlines.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 06/29/2022
If the creature in Alien had proliferated like the movie’s knockoffs, mankind would never have survived. Go to Full Review
Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle 09/04/2005
0.5/5
Forgettable. Go to Full Review
Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com 09/03/2005
1/4
Not only is Patrick Tatopoulos' (I, Robot) creature design laughable, but the actors (other than Hauser who somehow manages to make it through unscathed) give some of most shockingly awful performances I've seen all year. Go to Full Review
Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net 03/18/2011
5/10
The Cave is a decently crafted but unoriginal and uninspiring creature feature with a few moments of true entertainment that the rest of the film never matches up to. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 06/21/2009
C-
Replete with winged undersea cave monsters, unlikely mountain climbing heroics and a mutating microbe that turns its victims into creatures-in-waiting "The Cave" is a paint-by-numbers thriller lacking in pigment. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 04/29/2009
Bland, boring, conventional, cliché, and dumb... Go to Full Review
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Daniel N Jul 14 Good fun for an old school horror thriller. See more C B. @Synchroduv Jun 28 One of the worst movies made. See more Js S Apr 29 I don't understand why it is scoring so low, and f*ck the so called critics they always vote films opposite of the masses . this film was pretty original and different , decent watch See more James B Mar 1 While It is descent inspired it isn't too gory due to its 12 age rating it's still interesting and has good creature designs however the film isn't really scary. The cave has a good premise and does set itself apart from other cave horror films and I would recommend it. See more Jan 1 Absolutely loved this movie, I don't give a single f*ck what these 'professionals' say and criticize sh*t, Absolutely my favorite movie. By the way The descent movie SUCKS. See more Chris P Dec 15 Pretty good movie. I liked the cast, story was ok, wasn't bored at any one point. One of those movies i would watch again in a couple years. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Deadly monsters hunt members (Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian) of an exploration team within a vast network of caverns beneath the Carpathian Mountains.
Director
Bruce Hunt
Producer
Tom Rosenberg, Andrew Mason, Richard S. Wright
Screenwriter
Michael Steinberg, Tegan West
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Columbia TriStar
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Creature Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 26, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.9M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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