Sanctum (film)

2011 film written by Andrew Wight (who has sadly passed away recently) and produced by James Cameron, among others.


 * 3D Movie
 * Ax Crazy:
 * Black Dude Dies First: Well, sort of. Luko is a New Guinea native, dark-skinned but not African.
 * Blood From the Mouth: George, suffering from the Bends.
 * Chekhov's Gun: Josh's fang necklace with a built in flashlight.
 * Dwindling Party
 * Dies Wide Open: Judes drowns like this.
 * Fake American: Wales-born Ioan Gruffudd.
 * Fridge Brilliance:
 * In Medias Res: The first shot you see is Josh floating aimlessley, seemingly dead.
 * Idiot Ball: Victoria holds this most of the time, which  Justified in that she has no experience in cave diving, which other characters point out constantly.
 * She refuses to wear a wetsuit and gets hypothermia as a result. Might cross into somewhat understandable Squick / Heroic BSOD territory  Still, it does not quite befit a trained and experienced mountain climber to behave this way (Victoria's said to at least have climbed Everest).   is a habit expected from a mountaineer as well.
 * is perhaps excusable, as by that point Victoria was suffering from hypothermia and not thinking clearly.
 * Considering that they have limited amounts of battery life, they ALL use their headlamps  ALL the time. Alternating lamps would have allowed them to have light for a lot longer.
 * I Will Only Slow You Down:
 * Large Ham: Ioan Gruffudd, so very much.
 * Men Are the Expendable Gender:
 * Mercy Kill: Frank does this to Luko after he falls down a shaft and breaks all the bones in his body.
 * Survival Mantra: Frank recites "Kubla Khan" (also less commonly known as "Xanadu") by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Josh later asks his father to teach him the poem in their mutual Heartwarming Moment.
 * The Hero: Josh, right? Not so fast.
 * Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Nobody actually died in the true story, which was experienced by the screenwriter himself.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: Josh is really detached from his cave-diving, spelunkering dad.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: Josh is really detached from his cave-diving, spelunkering dad.