The Cave
Seen it?2005 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 12% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 5.5 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, horror fans and action fans. If you loved The Descent, start here.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 37 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13: scary moments. Probably too much for younger kids.
After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While exploring deeper into the underwater caves, a rockslide blocks their exit, and they soon discover a larger carnivorous creature has added them to its food chain.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
12% on Rotten Tomatoes, 30 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
5.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$33 million worldwide on a $30 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 147K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Bruce Hunt
- Cole HauserJack McAllister
- Lena HeadeyDr. Kathryn Jennings
- Morris ChestnutTop Buchanan
- Eddie CibrianTyler McAllister
- Piper PeraboCharlie
- Daniel Dae KimAlex Kim
- Kieran Darcy-SmithStrode
- Rick RavanelloBriggs
- Marcel IureșDr. Nicolai
- Vlad RădescuDr. Bacovia