The Cave

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The Cave

PG-13

2005

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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

If the creature in Alien had proliferated like the movie’s knockoffs, mankind would never have survived.

Jun 29, 2022

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Forgettable.

Rated: 0.5/5

Sep 4, 2005

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

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.

Rated: 1/4

Sep 3, 2005

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

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.

Rated: 5/10

Mar 18, 2011

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

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.

Rated: C-

Jun 21, 2009

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Bland, boring, conventional, cliché, and dumb...

Apr 29, 2009

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Daniel N

Good fun for an old school horror thriller.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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C B.

One of the worst movies made.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/28/25

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Js S

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

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/29/25

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James B

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/01/25

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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Chris P

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/15/24

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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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