The Devil's Tomb (2009)

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

Director:

Jason Connery

Writer:

Keith Kjornes

Stars:

Cuba Gooding Jr., Ray Winstone, Ron Perlman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Mack
Taryn Manning	...	Doc
Valerie Cruz	...	Dr. Elissa Cardell
Franky G	...	Hammer
Zack Ward	...	Nickels
Henry Rollins	...	Fulton
Jason London	...	Hicks
Stephany Jacobsen	...	Yoshi (as Stephanie Jacobsen)
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

Storyline

A team of mercenaries under the command of hard-charging war veteran Mack (Gooding Jr.), are contracted by a mysterious CIA operative named Elissa (Cruz) to rescue a scientist (Perlman) working on an archeological discovery deep under the Middle Eastern desert. With the help of a mysterious priest (Rollins), Mack and his team soon discover the true secret of what lies beneath the sands. A secret that has been protected for thousands of years. A secret that is not of this Earth

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | desert | priest | war veteran | mercenary | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official soundtrack site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2009 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Ice 44

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ice Cold Productions,Empyreal Entertainment,Ringleader Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Taryn Manning, Henry Rollins, and Ron Perlman have worked together in Sons of Anarchy (2008).

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Goofs

When the team meets Father Fulton and tells him to show them were the temple is, they grab him by the shirt. When this happens you can see the Black Flag tattoo on Henry Rollins neck, twice.

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Connections

Featured in Hardwired (2009)

User Reviews

At least it borrows from good films

Take ideas and plot points from Alien, Aliens, Event Horizon, and (especially) Prince of Darkness and add some absurdity, sprinkle with blood and implausible characters and this is what you get.

Those were all vastly better films but this isn't quite as horrible as some junk on SyFy so if it's free to watch you could do worse. I gave it a 5 due to some familiar faces in the cast and the job they do and the average-looking blood and gore. Story-wise they didn't seem to put much effort into it besides "adapting" from better movies. Also amusing were the military tactics used in the Iraq flashbacks but I'm not sure they meant for me to chuckle during the battle scenes.

If you want a much better film along the same lines, watch Prince of Darkness instead and during the slow parts imagine space marines using electronic trackers that never seem to work, dodging acid-spewing creatures while running into long-dead loved ones without wondering how they happened to be there. The 5 is generous in my opinion but this could have been a lot worse.