El santuario (Sanctum)

El último cuarto es un verdadero sufrimiento para el espectador. El Santuario (Sanctum) es una variante de la cueva de un drama de escalada, en el que un grupo de aventureros luchan por salvar sus vidas mientras se dedican a resolver sus relaciones personales. Con la diferencia de que los personajes aquí presentes nos irritan tanto que nos da igual qué les va a pasar, y en lugar de agradables exteriores de montaña, estamos aquí en una cueva que en un momento es estrecha y en otro ancha, y tampoco escuchamos algo pegadizo de Zimmer o Newton Howard. Más unas escenas cliché y la ausencia de cualquier idea. El espectador, mimado con los momentos escalofríos de The Descent, se sentirá decepcionado y el espectador que anhelaba un drama al aire libre realista sin elementos sobrenaturales, se aburrirá. De 3D se dará cuenta probablemente dos veces, cuando se amplía el espacio de la cueva grande en proporción con los pequeños buzos (parecen peces en un acuario :) En los demás momentos, sin embargo, es completamente inútil. (08.03.2011)

I have a weak spot for underground spaces, especially if they are beautiful. If I was brave and physically gifted enough, I would be a spelunker, but I’m neither so I watch films… Sanctum is a typical survival drama with everything that goes with it, but the performances like out of a cheap TV adaptation unfortunately bring it down. Also, the wanderings through the cave are not very clear, but it was fun enough. (24.02.2011)

I love these survival stories based on a real event, where the character declares that everyone has to save light, and then the three cavers light each other in the face with their halogens in one square meter of space. Only the appearance of giant man-eating olms that would eliminate the entire staff early on would help. (09.08.2014)

I don't know what it was, maybe I was too groggy by the late night (or rather very early morning) hour I watched Sanctum, but I certainly didn't find the film as awful as it might have seemed. Sure, there are a lot of clichés (the flashlight in the boar's tooth...) and the main young actor deserves a slap in the head, but I really enjoyed it. Why, you ask? The film has a charismatic actor in the main adult role, who was really a tough guy (and reminded me a lot of Radek Brzobohatý), beautiful cave exteriors (or interiors?) and magical cinematography, Hirschfelder's music, omnipresent tension (the passage through the narrows, brrr) and last but not least the gradual deaths of the characters, which were often unexpected and in at least two cases really shocking for me. I’m rounding up the three and a half stars. (08.04.2013)

Las escenas en las que un torrente de agua se precipita por los túneles hacia los protagonistas de la película son perfectas. Los pasajes de buceo también salieron bien, no falta la tensión y el miedo a los espacios confinados. Los actores son mediocres, su actuación estropea un poco la atmósfera. Y si no fuera porque la película sigue un patrón establecido, le daría más estrellas. (03.03.2011)

James Cameron likes underwater filming, which suited him well during the filming of "Titanic," but especially in the movies "Titanic Secrets 3D" and "Mysterious Depths 3D." "Sanctum" is not a documentary film and it is not an epic romantic story either. "Sanctum" should be a thriller, but I think the label "adventure film" suits it better. Cameron was probably convinced to produce it only because it would be filmed in truly unique locations. This should be enough for the audience, as otherwise the movie is completely empty. If it weren't for some nice underground shots, "Sanctum" couldn't offer anything at all. The story is about a unique cave being discovered, in which a group of explorers gets trapped. It somewhat resembles the movie "The Descent," but without the creatures and, of course, without any atmosphere. Instead, "Sanctum" brings a whole series of unbelievable clichés, just like Cameron's recent personal project "Avatar." I have a feeling that Cameron started focusing on films that would knock viewers out with their form, completely resigning from the screenplay. I'm afraid he will confirm this with his next film, where he will be credited as the director. If it turns out to be "Avatar 2," I am probably rightfully afraid. Ioan Gruffudd delivers a very poor performance again, making "Sanctum" sink even deeper. A truly bad attempt that ultimately didn't even succeed in its form. In that case, I would rather recommend the movie "A Lonely Place to Die," which I myself didn't love, but it deals with a similar theme, handles it more suspensefully, and is able to make use of the environment and perfectly captivate with nature, which in this case are hills and rocks. The underground cave in "Sanctum" also offered an interesting environment, but it was painfully underutilized. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/08/jane-eyre-ekologicka-afrika-cislo.html (24.02.2013)