![]() ![]() Our American businessman-hero, Carl Hurley, is here to take advantage of this extraordinary cave system for financial gain. Like “Avatar”, perhaps the most blatant thematic point of the first 20 minutes seems to be that you really just shouldn’t mess with nature. But as the film launches, there’s a bit of Cameron-esque idealism that comes through almost before the showy visuals become noticeable. The obvious starting point is, of course, the use of 3D. But was it entertaining and worth the price admission? Without question - I actually found it more enjoyable and gripping than anything I have seen in some time.Playing “spot the Cameron” is a fun way to pass the time during a screening of this perhaps otherwise uninteresting undersea spelunk. But it sure seemed like something that could happen. I do need to give a disclaimer that I did not research the "true" story and watched purely from the perspective that it is 100% fiction, so I'm not saying this is an accurate depiction of real events. I am guessing that the reviewers just didn't like the characters, but that is no fault of the actors the characters were quite realistic, which I considered a huge plus, while others might have preferred something else. And I didn't think it was predictable (for the most part, anyway). It isn't just action - it is a true human drama and shows the good and bad that can come from people in a life or death situation. But seriously, for two hours you are taken on a brutal subterranean adventure. ![]() Are the characters "two dimensional"? To me not in any sense (ha ha, yes the movie is 3D, lousy pun intended). This movie entertains from start to finish. ![]()
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