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'The Cave': If it looks like an 'Alien' rip-off, it is
by Christy Lemire

You're already thinking it so we're just going to say it and get it out of the way: The Cave looks like a rip-off of Alien, because that's what it is. It's also a paltry pastiche of Pitch Black and The Abyss (which were also rip-offs of Alien) and is available in a far more entertaining and enlightening fashion as a series of 3-D IMAX documentaries from James Cameron (who, coincidentally, directed the sequel to Alien as well as The Abyss — perhaps you're noticing a theme). Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A group of expert spelunkers is called in to try to find out what happened to the explorers who first explored a vast, previously unknown cave in Romania. But the group's escape route is cut off and they are hunted by the monstrous creatures that live down below.

FILM FACTS ...

Sony Pictures

'The Cave'

Director: Bruce Hunt
Starring: Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian, Cole Hauser, Piper Perabo, Lena Headey
Release date: August 26, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for intense creature violence.
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READ THE REVIEW

The Associated Press: D+
"In space, no one can hear you scream. No one can hear you scream in The Cave, either, but then again, no one cares."