Sanctum (Two-Disc Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Copy) Reviews

The disaster movie phenomenon of the 1970s lasted approximately a decade: from 1970’s Airport to 1980’s When Time Ran Out. In the years since, there have certainly been other disaster movies that follow basically the same formula as those hits of the 1970s (a group of people trapped in an impossibly dangerous situation attempt to save themselves by undergoing a series of deadly maneuvers to reach safety), but no new wave of disaster flicks has yet been spawned. Even with James Cameron’s name on the masthead as a producer, it’s unlikely Alister Grierson’s Sanctum is going to initiate any new disaster film cult. It’s a slow-moving, tediously plotted mess filled with basically unlikable characters making one dumb decision after another until one by one they blunder into their own demises. Despite herculean efforts, there’s no emotional payoff at all either with the deaths or with the survivors. The viewer doesn’t care about anyone’s survival here but his own. 

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