Crawlspace (2012)

A special forces unit sent, to infiltrate Pine Gap Australia's top secret underground military compound, come under attack from unknown forces.

Director:

Justin Dix

Writers:

Eddie Baroo, Justin Dix

Stars:

Nicholas Bell, Ngaire Dawn Fair, John Brumpton

6 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amber Clayton	...	Eve
Ditch Davey	...	Romeo
Eddie Baroo	...	Fourpack
Peta Sergeant	...	Wiki
Fletcher Humphrys	...	Kid
Nicholas Bell	...	Caesar
Samuel Johnson	...	Matthews
David Whiteley	...	General
Ngaire Dawn Fair	...	Emily
Elise Jansen	...	The Wife
Leslie Simpson	...	John McKinny
John Brumpton	...	Elvis
Alistair Cooke	...	Echo 4
Nathan McCalman	...	Echo Pilot
James Roach	...	Young Fourpack

Storyline

A group of elite soldiers sent to infiltrate and extract the lead science team from Pine Gap, Australia's top secret underground military compound, after it comes under attack from unknown forces. The mission is compromised when they encounter a young woman with no memory of who she is or how she came to be there. As they try to escape, the group quickly discovers all is not as it seems and the facility has become a testing ground for something far more sinister."

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Plot Keywords:

human experimentation | genetic experimentation | paranormal phenomena | psychotronic film | underground military base | 

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Taglines:

In this space everyone can hear you scream

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Area 52

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$151,103

Company Credits

Production Co:

Crawlspace, Maker Films, Wicked of Oz Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Crawlspace fun fact from costume department: The Barcode on her pants is THX1138. Fellow nerds will know that as the title of George Lucas' directional debut 1971 film by the same name.

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Crazy Credits

In the "Sponsored By" section there is a misspelling as per "Warwick The Military Unifrom Specialists".

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Connections

References Frankenstein (1931)

User Reviews

There is more to the mission in Crawlspace

Science fiction films are a tough genre to get right. There are those that go full on space style and others that just take a more subtle approach. With the latest film from Australia Crawlspace it takes on the more strange and unknown in regards to strange experiments. Could this be one of those that delivers something special or is it just another in a long line of failed attempts to a difficult genre.

Crawlspace follows a group of elite soldiers sent to infiltrate and extract a science team from an underground military compound. When they encounter and unknown woman with no memory things go from bad to worse as they realize something more sinister is happening. The overall film of the movie plays like Aliens with the soldiers running through various tunnels hunting and being hunted around every corner. While there is a bit of a mystery to the story most of it plays pretty straight forward and pretty well. The acting is good for most of the film, with just a few moments here and there that are questionable. The visuals to the film give it a gritty and dark tone that really fits well with the overall story. The first half of the film takes you on a fun ride and delivers a really cool creature, but then the film shifts into a whole different direction. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing, but that first part was so cool and creative it would have made for a much better overall film. As it stands though the rest of the film still works well, but does manage to get a bit convoluted at times trying to twist and turn things for a more creative direction. This never makes the film hard to understand, just doesn't always make a lot of sense in why they are doing it.

Overall this is a pretty decent action science fiction film. There is plenty of action and complexity to the story to keep things entertaining, but given the addition to more of the cool creature they delivered early on this movie could have been so much better. If you are a fan of films like Aliens, then you may want to give Crawlspace a chance.