The Devil's Tomb (2009)

Director:

Jason Connery

Writer:

Keith Kjornes (written by)

Release Date:

24 October 2009 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

An evil entombed for 2000 years... until now.

Plot:

An elite group of soldiers on a covert mission to retrieve a scientist from an underground lab encounter an ancient evil in the facility.

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | Evil | Mission | Desert | Priest

Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Mack
Taryn Manning	...	Doc
Valerie Cruz	...	Dr. Elissa Cardell
Franky G	...	Hammer
Zack Ward	...	Nickels
Henry Rollins	...	Fulton
Jason London	...	Hicks
Stephanie Jacobsen	...	Yoshi
Brandon Fobbs	...	Click
Weston Blakesley	...	Father Jacoby
Bill Moseley	...	Prof. Duncan
Ray Winstone	...	Blakeley
Ron Perlman	...	Wesley
Sarah Ann Morris	...	Sharon
Melanie Chapman	...	Crazy Woman
Rachel Currence	...	Teenage Girl
Jonathan Fraser	...	Pilot
Luke Gregory	...	Obese Tech
Chene Lawson	...	Beautiful Woman
Mia Angel Miller	...	Asian Girl (as Mia A. Miller)
Holly Weber	...	Nickel's Dreamgirl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lisette Bross	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Dave Cote	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Armon Nowparvar	...	Child (uncredited)

Directed by
Jason Connery

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Keith Kjornes		written by

Produced by
James Allen Bradley	....	co-producer
Jason Connery	....	co-producer
Joe Dain	....	co-producer
Steve B. Harris	....	producer
Ricki Maslar	....	co-producer
Bill Sheinberg	....	producer
Jonathan Sheinberg	....	producer
Sid Sheinberg	....	producer

Original Music by
Bill Brown

Cinematography by
Thomas L. Callaway

Film Editing by
Chris Conlee

Casting by
Ricki Maslar

Production Design by
Thomas William Hallbauer

Art Direction by
Jasmine Garnet

Set Decoration by
Jennifer Fulmer

Costume Design by
Sarah Jeanne Mgeni

Makeup Department
Melissa Buell	....	assistant makeup artist
Joe Colwell	....	makeup artist
Natalie Driscoll	....	hair department head
Bianca Salatino	....	assistant makeup artist
Janeen York	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Joe Dain	....	unit production manager
Anthony Gore	....	post-production supervisor
Kyle Sonia	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michele LaBrucherie	....	second second assistant director
Jamie Ruscigno	....	first assistant director
Jewels Satterfield	....	second unit director
Steve B. Harris	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Scott Frazelle	....	art swing
Justin Gavejian	....	leadman
Nick Lisica	....	property master
Melissa Merritt	....	on-set dresser

Sound Department
Jason Abell	....	dialogue editor
Hidefumi Aoki	....	sound designer
Hidefumi Aoki	....	sound effects editor
James Barth	....	dialogue editor
Miriam Cole	....	audio post coordinator
Seth A. Eubanks	....	sound mixer
Leobardo Ledon	....	adr recordist
Leobardo Ledon	....	foley recordist
Michael J. McDonald	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Michael McDonald)
Michael J. McDonald	....	supervising sound editor (as Michael McDonald)
Manuel Mendoza	....	sound effects editor
G.W. Pope III	....	foley artist
G.W. Pope III	....	sound designer
John W. Rampey	....	sound effects editor
Todd Smith	....	dialogue editor
Brad Whitcanack	....	sound designer (sound designer)
Michael Woodward	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Megan Areford	....	special effects technician
Jerry Constantine	....	special effects makeup
Graham Denman	....	special effects assistant
Jerry Macaluso	....	special effects supervisor
Paul Nicholasi	....	special effects makeup
Jason Trost	....	special effects assistant
Ron Trost	....	special effects coordinator
Sarah Trost	....	special effects assistant
Steve Winsett	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Robert S. Douglas	....	visual effects colorist
Kelly Granite	....	visual effects producer
John Iskandar	....	compositor
Stephen Lebed	....	visual effects supervisor
Tom Martinez Jr.	....	title animation & motion graphics
Roger Nall	....	visual effects supervisor: 11:11 MediaWorks
David Shorey	....	visual effects

Stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunt double
Lisette Bross	....	stunt double
Steve Hart	....	stunt performer
Diana R. Lupo	....	stunt double: Valerie Cruz
Kevin Mangold	....	stunts
Simon Rhee	....	stunt performer
Lou Simon	....	stunt double
Tony Snegoff	....	stunt performer
Tierre Turner	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Don Burton	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Mark Calver	....	assistant camera
Nicholas Davidoff	....	camera operator
Cale Finot	....	assistant camera
Harry Hope	....	key grip
Gino Mifsud	....	grip
Gino Mifsud	....	still photographer
Lawrence Montemayor	....	camera loader
Greg Morris	....	additional camera operator
Ryan Norris	....	set lighting technician
Peter Ozarowski	....	b-camera operator
Andrey Prikazchikov	....	best boy grip
Jake Rose	....	electrician
Jason Sachse	....	lighting technician
James Lawrence Spencer	....	gaffer
Jason Webster	....	grip

Casting Department
Brian K. Aspinwall	....	casting associate
Rachel Christensen	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Erin M. Duffy	....	on-set costumer
Isabel Mandujano	....	wardrobe supervisor
Meredith Montano	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Derek Herr	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Bill Brown	....	music mixer
Bill Brown	....	music producer
Bill Brown	....	music programming
Bill Brown	....	orchestrator
Mikael Carlsson	....	soundtrack producer
Adam Klemens	....	conductor
Vitek Kral	....	music engineer: Prague
Aashish Pathak	....	additional synth programmer
Steve Salani	....	music engineer: Los Angeles
James T. Sale	....	music copyist
James T. Sale	....	orchestrator
Steve Tavaglione	....	music programming

Transportation Department
Shay Morgan Brook	....	driver
Louie Dargenzio	....	driver
Louis Dargenzio	....	transportation coordinator
Dyer Evans	....	driver
Dustin Meisner	....	transportation captain
John Suttles	....	driver

Other crew
Anthony Ardisone	....	key set medic
Wendy Brennan	....	production accountant
Crystal Connell	....	production accountant
Jeff Corbin	....	assistant military technical advisor
Kristine Familletti	....	script supervisor
Brad Geiszler	....	epk director
Jeremy Gordon	....	talent coordinator
Torrence Hall	....	armorer
Jonathan Harmon	....	production secretary
Katie Leclerc	....	production coordinator
Andy Wise Lee	....	production assistant
Lorena Leon	....	production assistant
Steven Moreti	....	production assistant
Mike Patlin	....	aerial coordinator
Fernando Periera	....	location manager
Vicky Pezza	....	set production assistant
Bea S. Rembeczky	....	cast assistant: Ray Winstone
Mike Tristano	....	master armorer
Clay Van Sickle	....	key armorer
Bart Womack	....	technical advisor: military

Production Companies

• Ice Cold Productions
• Empyreal Entertainment
• Ringleader Studios

Distributors

• Tornado Film (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Emerald (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Thailand) (DVD)
• Ice Cold Productions
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• 11:11 Mediaworks
• Phantom Planet (special make-up effects)

Other Companies

• Digital Post Services  post-production digital facility (picture & sound)
• 11:11 Mediaworks  titles
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by
• HALA Lighting & Grip  grip and lighting equipment
• LCW Props  set equipment
• Mechnology  visual effects
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack
• Orchestra.Net  orchestra
• PES Payroll  payroll services
• Private Island Audio  post-production sound services
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  nextel cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals

Also Known As:

"Devil Hazard" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, language and brief nudity

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:Unrated | USA:R | Japan:R15+ | Australia:R (2009) | Argentina:16 | Argentina:18 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Ice Cold Productions

Trivia:

The movie Nickels watches is Night Skies (2007), which stars director Jason Connery.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Doc says "Scripture. Old Testament. Hebrews 9:22." Hebrews is in the New Testament.

Movie Connections:

Features Night Skies (2007)

When does the real movie start ?

Okay! So when does the real movie start? Hi, to whoever is reading this? 2009 has seen some pretty good comebacks such as “Righteous Kill” with Robert De Niro and Al Pachino, so in that sense I was hoping for such a comeback from Cuba Gooding. The guy performed marvelously in “Men of Honor” and showed talent in “Pearl Harbor” but when I read the plot of his last movie I got the shivers. “The Devil’s tomb” revolves around the idea of an elite group of soldiers that are on a covert mission to retrieve a scientist from an underground lab encounter an ancient evil in the facility. Hmm…kinda sound like “Resident evil” + “The Exorcist”, but what the heck, innocent until proved guilty as the saying goes. When I started watching the movie I was stunned at the silly plot, empty conversations, bad actors play , the bad effects and cheesy make up. The satanic element was supposed to be an attention-grabber but for me it was a completely the opposite. Its not that I don’t like these kinds of movies , I actually enjoy them but this time I was just …Irritated would be the right word I guess. The dark and satanic were completely lacking and what was left were religious zombies that spat goo on “elite” soldiers. It’s a low- budget project so that should be an excuse for some of the blunders but the actors just made me feel as though they played only for as much money as they received. They had no feeling, no will to make a good role. It was as if they had a hard time getting up when they thought of their roles. Even Cuba Gooding, of whom I had such good impressions, disappoints with his performance. The sexually charged scenes were actually ruined , in my opinion, by some disgusting moments ( the make up…) In conclusion I would like to say that this is a movie that will irreversibly waste one and a half hours of your live. Heck, the movie is not really worth the reading of this review. So, NO ,I don’t recommend it to anyone. STAY CLEAR of this movie even if there is nothing else to watch.