- The Cave (film)
caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Bruce Hunt
producer = Richard S. Wright
Andrew MasonTom Rosenberg
writer = Michael Steinberg
Tegan West
starring =Cole Hauser Eddie Cibrian Morris Chestnut Lena Headey Piper Perabo Daniel Dae Kim
music =Reinhold Heil Johnny Klimek
cinematography = Ross Emery
editing = Brian Berden
distributor =Screen Gems
released =August 27 , 2005
runtime = 197 mins
country = flagicon|Canada
language = English
budget = $30 million
gross = $33,296,457
website = http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/thecave/index.html
amg_id = 1:319401
imdb_id = 0402901"The Cave" is a 2005 sci-fi/horror
film directed by Bruce Hunt. TheMPAA rated this film with aPG-13 for intense creature violence.Plot
Deep in the
Romania n forest, a team of scientists stumble upon the ruins of a13th century abbey . On further inspection, they make a startling discovery: the abbey is built over the entrance to a giant undergroundcave system. These scientists are Dr. Nicolai and his associate Bacovia Radescu. Local biologists believe the cave could contain an undiscoveredecosystem , so they hire a group of American spelunkers to help them investigate its depths. Also tagging along is cameraman Alex Kim.Jack and his brother Tyler are the thrill-seeking professional cave explorers hired by the scientists. The two run a team of the world famous divers. They arrive in Romania with the latest equipment, including a modified
rebreather system allowing a diver to remain submerged for up to 24 hours. The diving team, which includes Charlie, Briggs,sonar expert Strode, and Buchanan, begins its exploration. In the cave, they discover bizarre creatures, and also a group of explorers from three decades ago, who are no longer human.The creatures within the movie are the result of a parasite from within the cave system. The parasite infects its human host and begins to transform it into a new
humanoid built for surviving in cave systems. Several of the crew are infected with this parasite, including a woman who is able to escape in the end, supposedly with the intent to "infect the rest of the world."Cast
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Cole Hauser as Jack McAllister
*Lena Headey as Kathryn Jannings
*Morris Chestnut as Top Buchanan
*Eddie Cibrian as Tyler McAllister
*Daniel Dae Kim as Alex Kim
*Rick Ravanello as Briggs
*Piper Perabo as Charlie
*Kieran Darcy-Smith as Strode
*Vlad Radescu as Dr. Bacovia
*Joe Geria as Boyimilarities to other caving films
"The Cave", "
The Descent ", both released theatrically in 2005, and "The Cavern" on DVD in 2006. All three films involve spelunking and terrifying subterranean life that hunts down the principal characters. "The Descent" was held as the best of the three according to ticket sales and critical reviews; however, "The Cave" was the only one of the three that was actually filmed inside a cave.External links
* [http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thecave/ Official site]
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*amg title|id=1:319401|title=The Cave
*rotten-tomatoes|id=cave|title=The Cave
*metacritic film|id=cave|title=The Cave
*mojo title|id=cave|title=The Cave
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