ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

one-nine-eighty Directed by Robin of Sherwood, a.k.a. Jason Connery (son of Sean Connery) and lasting 1hr and 30mins this film is wedged into the Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller category.When the credits to this film were rolling I got mildly excited thinking that there were some big names in this and that it would be a decent film. Unfortunately it didn't live up to my expectations as the plot was predictable, the action was lame and the effects were cheap. Cuba Gooding Jr heads up a Special Ops team which includes Taryn Manning, Franky G, Zack Ward, Brandon Fobbs, Stephany Jacobsen and Jason London they have been hired by Dr Elissa Cardell (Valerie Cruz) who wants to rescue her father Ron Perlman who is in a top secret scientific/military bunker. The troops are your average gung-ho grunts while Cuba Gooding acts as their moral compass despite experiencing random flashbacks to a previous conflict where Ray Winstone, his commanding officer, was killed. Winstone's death is explored in flashbacks but only adds to confuse the film rather than add to it. The team enter the facility and are attacked by various mutated zombies including Bill Moseley and Weston Blakesley. As they make their way through the facility an evil presence keeps trying to stop them and separate them with a view of killing them off one by one. It transpires that the evil in the institute is a fallen and outcast angel or seraphim that appears to be frozen in ice . Despite being frozen 1000m underground it's casting an evil spell over anybody nearby and weak enough in an attempt to escape the institute. If the seraphim can get out of it's temporary cell it can endanger the entire world but first it needs a host body. Unbeknown to the special ops team from the start, Ron Perlman, whom they are trying to save is the chosen host for the fallen angel which puts an additional complication in their way, mind you, the story that Dr Cardell has weaved isn't all that true and honest anyway so an extra complication is nothing. Along the way the team encounter weird visions, random temptations and even Henry Rollins who's playing a priest. The acting in this isn't by a long way convincing, it's actually Ron Perlman that seems the most convincing and he's only in 15% of the film, by contrast Henry Rollins character is the least believable for me. The effects in the film look like they came straight out of home production with rice crispies and corn syrup used to show an infected character. The plot could have unfolded in so many better ways but didn't, instead it went for the cheap solution of random sexual tension, lesbianism, and painful memories. The characters are trapped and brought down far too easily, for a hardened special ops team you'd at least expect them to learn from their first mistakes let alone continuously make the same mistakes. Naked woman from porn magazines don't just appear in an underground institute!! Unborn foetus' can't suddenly be 10 years old, recognisable and in a top secret research facility without some motivation or set up!!!Despite the negatives of this film I have been watching a lot of really poor films of late, perhaps that is the reason why I'm still giving this 3 out of 10, ultimately it's bad but it's not as bad as some of the other rubbish I've seen of late. You got lucky devil's tomb.

CousinBagunca Such a let down. It seemed that it would be a nice horror flick, but it turned out to be a mediocre experience.It's rushed beyond belief and there are plot holes everywhere. Though the main plot was promising, it's delivery was poor and unexpired.Also, most characters are just generic and bland. Cuba was fine, I mean, how couldn't he... actually, I think he just shines bright in this movie because the rest of the crew is below average.That scene with those two girls somewhere close to the end of the movie was unnecessary. That's what this movie is all about: a bunch of random scenes, some important plot scenes, more random scenes and then the finale trying to make some sense. It blows!

carlitosgro5 Lifeboat (1944) someone can not be trusted.Ghost Ship (2002) - naked woman who is a temptressLifepod (1993) people get knocked off. Aliens (1986) soldiers tracking creepy things, which spray acid, in tanks give me the willies.Event Horizon (1997) mind reading monsters, visions seem real.Resident Evil (2002) super strong infected.Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009) rouge agent will turn on you. WWE -stone cold Steve Austin- disrespect any body, even your boss.Doom (2005) ancient writings equal creepy things.

Uriah43 An elite mercenary team (led by Cuba Gooding Jr.) is sent on a mission to a desert somewhere in the middle east to extract a scientist (played by Ron Perlman) from an underground facility. At least that is what the scientist's daughter (Valerie Cruz) tells them. When they go down into the facility things begin to happen and they realize that they weren't told the whole truth. One by one the members of the team are seduced by hallucinations and either killed or possessed by evil spirits. What follows after that is pretty much predictable as this is one of those "paint by number" productions rushed into the market for one reason or another. I say that because lately it seems that anytime a film involves a spiritual or mystical theme the writers tend to use an abstract piece of scripture (like the Gospel of Thomas for example) as their blueprint. This typically leads to all kinds of absurd scenarios because the doctrine used is lacking in both popular acceptance and authority. But this movie didn't even bother using any specific scripture. Instead the writers were so vague about their source that it could have been from the Book of Mormon or the Koran for all anybody knew. As such it seemed like they were making it up as they went along. Combine the abnormal religious drivel to a barely average cast, a below average script and the "standard" pyrotechnics and the result is a film that seemed artificial and contrived. It all adds up to a below average movie in just about every way.