Dead Mine (2012)

The legend of Yamashita's Gold lures a treasure hunter and his group deep into the Indonesian jungle. Once they are trapped in an abandoned World War II Japanese bunker, they face the terrifying reality that the only way out is to go further in.

Director:

Steven Sheil

Writers:

Ziad Semaan, Steven Sheil

Stars:

Les Loveday, Ario Bayu, Afwan

Cast

Credited cast:
Les Loveday	...	Warren Price
Ario Bayu	...	Captain Tino Prawa
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Afwan	...	Imperial Guard
Andre	...	Imperial Guard
Asep	...	Imperial Guard
Use Badhu	...	Pirate
Budi	...	Imperial Guard
Charlie	...	Imperial Guard
Rustam Effendi	...	Mutant POW
Hasan	...	Imperial Guard
Sam Hazeldine	...	Stanley
Horaz	...	Pirate
Byron Hulbert	...	Lead Imperial Guard
Ijul	...	Imperial Guard
Iwan	...	Imperial Guard

Storyline

The legend of Yamashita's Gold lures a treasure hunter and his group deep into the Indonesian jungle. Once they are trapped in an abandoned World War II Japanese bunker, they face the terrifying reality that the only way out is to go further in.

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Genres:

Action | Horror

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Details

Country:

Indonesia

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 January 2013 (Indonesia)

Filming Locations:

Batam, Indonesia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Infinite Frameworks Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Exotic location, exotic vibe, mediocre movie...

By now we are used to seeing all sorts of horrors coming to us from Asia, but they all had one thing in common, they were seriously messed up, with rare exceptions. Dead Mine, an Indonesian medium budget movie takes an almost textbook approach to storytelling, and while graphic violence is present, it isn't sick or anything, but just as I said more classically bloody that we are used to seeing in American horrors. The movie itself is nothing special, but the exotic locations,cast and story make up for that. The director Steven Sheil managed to make the movie look really good, with some innovative camera angles and relatively suspenseful scenes, sacrificing reality for looks. Although when the movie's about zombies, Second World War and strange things lurking in the depths of the mine, reality discussion is really not a valid one.

An expedition led by a very wealthy, I guess scientist, called Price has finally found the thing they were looking for in Indonesia, an old abandoned bunker from WW 2. Price, accompanied by his girlfriend, a Japanese journalist on a quest to find out more about the war and a bunch of mercenaries in charge of their safety, decides to take a closer look. As soon as he said it, they were attacked by a local gang and forced to find shelter in the mine that has been converted into a bunker. After the cave in, they find themselves trapped in the mine with only one option, to push forward, into the darkness. What they don't know is that the mine is not abandoned, but far from it...

Fascination by Nazi zombies is something that has kept filmmakers in Europe occupied for quite some time, but now we are seeing this trend in Asia with Japans soldiers. While the directing was good and they managed to make Dead Mine look visually great, the story and the dialogue needs to be better. The thing that I missed the most is the suspense building up as they go deeper and deeper into the mine... Check out Dead Snow, a movie with a similar subject if you liked Dead Mine. It's not the best movie out there, but it's worth a watch...

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