DVD | The Cave

Rating: M - Contains Violence & Offensive Language.
Duration: 93 mins.
Genre : Action Adventure
Actors: Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian, Rick Ravanello, Marcel Lures, Kieran Darcy-Smith.
Release Date: Available now.

Third Watch’s Jimmy Doherty and Lost’s Jin Kwon are two of the players in this adrenaline pumping action adventure.

They form part of a team of cave divers who are called in to explore a huge cave system uncovered in the Carpathia Mountains in Romania. Another member of the team is Dr Nicolai. Though spelt slightly differently from Jenkins’s and La Haye’s evil nemesis, many Western Christians who have even a slight knowledge of the Left Behind series will be wondering just who wrote this film. Add to that an ancient church and the Knights Templar, and you’ll be wondering if you didn’t accidentally rent a religious movie.

But fear not, this is no religious preach-athon, in fact you could almost say that there is something evil in the water, and it doesn’t take long for the thrills to kick in and the body count to rise.

Though the cheese factor does rise it’s head from time to time, The Cave is at the top of it’s genre and doesn’t let up until the very end.

After the cavers drop into the cave and find a suitable first base, something goes terribly wrong. A cave in and the loss of a team member ensure that we know all is not well. But just how not well, we’re not sure.

Stealing from several movies in its gene pool, The Cave is reminiscent of Aliens, AVP and Doom with one exception. The cavers are largely un-armed and totally unprepared for what they are about to face.

The scenery is totally stunning, and the murky cave system lends itself to the heart pumping tension that infiltrates every pore of this movie like an army of parasites. Once it gets into top gear, a little way into the movie, the pace doesn’t let up. It’s a thrill ride that will please any adrenaline junkie.

Food for thought
The cave features a band of adrenaline junkies who live life on the edge, waiting for the next big thrill. What’s the focus of your life? What are you living for? Will it give you the strength you need to face the storms of life?