Caved In (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Richard Pepin

Writers:

Michael Konyves (writer) and
Neil Elman (writer)

Release Date:

7 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The ultimate threat. The gravest danger. Hidden in the earth.

Plot:

Disguised as extreme adventurers, a group of high profile thieves unknowingly lead a group of wealthy tourists on an expedition through an abandoned salt mine that is guarded by ancient creatures.

Plot Keywords:

Elevator Shaft | Evisceration | Impalement | Giant Insect | Stabbed In The Hand

Cast

Christopher Atkins	...	John Palmer
Colm Meaney	...	Vincent
Angela Featherstone	...	Samantha Palmer
Monica Barladeanu	...	Sophie (as Monica Birladeanu)
David Palffy	...	Marcel
Chelan Simmons	...	Emily Palmer
Stevie Mitchell	...	Miles Palmer
Marius Chivu	...	Hanz
Cristian Popa	...	Stephan
Vlad Jipa	...	Carlo (as Tudor Vlad Jipa)
Razvan Popa	...	Muller
Marius Capota	...	Ion
Dan Sandulescu	...	Luciano
Adrian Pintea	...	Supervisor Frisch

Also Known As:

Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (USA) (long title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and gore.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R (certificate #41877)

Filming Locations:

Kentauros Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Company:

CineTel Pictures

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the spelunkers are going through the "egg chamber", a giant "queen beetle" shows up, and it's suggested that killing the queen will throw the nest into chaos. The problem with this is that queens only appear among social insects, such as ants, termites, bees and wasps. Beetles are scavengers, not social, and even the isolation suggested in this movie would not produce a queen-based communal structure. Scavengers compete for food; they do not co-operate.

Quotes:

John Palmer: Are you seeing what I'm seeing? Your plan isn't just falling apart, it's being ripped apart! By giant bugs!

Funny

This movie is so awful people should watch it to see how awful one can get. If you put aside the terrible acting, stupid dialog, really really bad effects, if you put aside that people who wrote the story didn't give any thought about how mines look, how caving is done, what bugs look like and how they act, if you put aside that characters in the movie always do the opposite what you would do you are left with a story that has more holes then all the swiss cheese in this universe. The outline of the story is not that terrible really, but what they have done with it is something completely else. In the beginning I said people should watch it to see how awful a sci-fi movie could get. But keep in mind this is more like a parody than a real sci-fi.