The only way out is down.
| Cast |
Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhys Wakefield, Alice Parkinson, Dan Wyllie, Christopher Baker, Nicole Downs, Allison Cratchley |
| Director |
Alister Grierson |
| Screenplay | John Garvin, Andrew Wight |
| Music | David Hirschfelder |
| Cinematography | Jules O'Loughlin |
| Editing | Mark Warner |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2011 |
| Produced by | Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Wayfare Entertainment, Great Wight, Sanctum Australia |
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| Genre | Action, drama |
| Language | Strongish |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Moderate |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Some profanities |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | The violence is mainly, but not exclusively, man versus nature. |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Poor acting makes film cave in ... | 5 |  |
| Die Burger François Bloemhof Kurses in swak fliekmaak vir skrywers é reggiseurs | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Sanctum tells the story of a terrifying adventure in an incompetent way. Some of it is exciting, the ending is involving, and all of it is a poster child for the horrors of 3-D used badly. | 8 |  |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli A suspenseful 90-plus minutes whose smattering of deficiencies are outweighed by its positive qualities which include, on balance, its 3-D. | 15 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers The movie ultimately reveals itself as a pretender with no balls. Creatively, it's all wet. | 5 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs | 7 | |
| Metacritic.com 33 critics | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 150 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Sanctum is beautifully photographed, and it makes better use of 3-D technology than most, but that doesn't make up for its ham-handed script and lifeless cast. | 6 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 9 | |
| Movie Review Intelligence 42 critics | 7 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 11482 Netizens | 11 |  |
Average .. 40% | 8 | |