John Chard
A private place from which most people are excluded
Much was made during the publicity and promotion for Sanctum of James Camerons name being attached, understandably so. Sanctum is what it is, a glossy exercise in 3D film making, a disaster movie awash with clichés and contrivances, a picture thats narrative drive comes from following a well worn formula in this particular sphere of genre film making. Is it fun? Thrilling? Oh absolutely! The effects work is super at times, the scenery equally so, whilst some of the set pieces are dynamite. If you can get past the cheese and cliché buffet bar then theres a whole bunch of tasty treats to be sampled down in those dark and dingy cave formations
Its directed by Alister Grierson but in tru...