Nine Miles Down (2009)

A security expert is sent to a remote scientific camp to investigate strange things that are happening.

Director:

Anthony Waller

Writers:

Everett De Roche, Anthony Waller

Stars:

Adrian Paul, Amanda Douge, Anthony Waller

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrian Paul	...	Thomas 'Jack' Jackman
Amanda Douge	...	Kat
Anthony Waller	...	Professor Borman
Caroline Couret-Delegue	...	Journalist
Bruno Andreis	...	Scientist
Pierre Cognet	...	Scientist
Thierry Goron	...	Scientist
Adel Kallel	...	Scientist
Attila Szûcs	...	Scientist (as Attila Szucs Jr)
Nicholas Waller	...	Scientist
Kate Nauta	...	Jennie Christianson
David Story	...	Dr. Varga
Andrew Rybak	...	Chief Caswell
Arcadiy Golubovich	...	Alex
Yousef Amin	...	Yousef

Storyline

In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. Thomas "Jack" Jackman a security patrolman, battles through the high winds to find out why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent on drilling deeper into the earth's crust than ever before.

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Plot Keywords:

gas | desert | devil | drilling hole | hallucination | 

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Taglines:

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil...

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK USA Hungary Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

El Infierno Bajo Tierra

Filming Locations:

Budafoki Film Studios, Budapest, Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Silverback Films, Gone to Hell, A-Mark Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In 1995 Nine Miles Down was in preproduction with Spelling Productions with Thom Mount as producer and John Carpenter slated to direct. John Carpenter left the production to make Escape from L.A. and Spelling lost the project.

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Goofs

Jennie bites off the end of a cigar in a rough manner, yet a few seconds later when she is smoking it we see the end of the cigar has been cleanly cut.

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Quotes

Thomas 'Jack' Jackman: You know, when I was a young boy... my mother told me that the sun was driven around the world in a chariot drawn by four horses and a wizard sprinkled the stars on the roof of the sky.
Jennie Christianson: My mom told me the sun is one of a hundred billion in the galaxy, which is one of a hundred billion in the universe and that some starlight has traveled since before dinosaurs were on the earth... and in it's journey right here, right now. That's not a mystery, that's a fact.
Thomas 'Jack' Jackman: Oh... don't you think that sounds a ...
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User Reviews

Much better than expected

When you see a 5.5 rating usually you expect near-trash stuff. Well it turned out to be so much better than expected. The strongest thing about this film is, you get what you expect from a thriller (suspense, twists, gore etc), but in a believable way. You don't get bored and constantly you have to question whether reality or insanity is driving the characters of the film. Adrian Paul is above average, Kate Nauta is fine but surely cannot pass as a... scientist. If it was shot with bigger star power, it would get the rate it deserves, but still a 7/10 is fine, considering the budget. Now the 100 people that rated it with 1 or 2, where surely expecting something else. My recommendation: see it