The Devil's Tomb
Captain Mack leads an elite military unit on a search for a missing scientist, and comes face-to-face with an an ancient evil lying beneath the Middle Eastern desert. Evil that is not of this world. Evil that should never be unearthed.
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- Cast:
- Cuba Gooding Jr. , Ray Winstone , Ron Perlman , Taryn Manning , Stephanie Jacobsen , Valerie Cruz , Franky G
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Best movie of this year hands down!
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This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
I watched this movie twice. I really enjoyed it. The suspense of trying to figure out what was down there was captivating. When I watch a movie, I look for "The message" in a movie. It does make it better when you know the Characters in a movie. This movie to me was very Spiritual. It was letting us know of some of the things that was going on in the Spirit Realm. It wasn't scary, or dull. But very informative of this world past and future on A Spiritual Level. It show how some of us are so Easily Deceived.In not telling what all happened. It left one of the main Characters Cuba Gooding Jr. Awaken to his purpose in Life. Now watch it again.
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.
You know how some folks tell you a thing is really bad and you go see for yourself, not expecting much, and you're pleasantly surprised that it's actually good. Well that's what all the bad reviews of this flick did for me.I thot I would check it out for Cuba Gooding whose career has always been a bit erratic, and much to my pleasure I saw a well made creepy thriller/horror. I feel sorry for all the actors who really do good work in this film and who may not get credit for it on account of the less than stellar reviews. Gooding, Perlman, Winstone, and the others all do as good as they've done in other, more highly praised, work. It's a low budget film, most of the story is interiors, small rooms and corridors, but what creepy scary rooms they are. At any moment something may jump out at you. Its flaws are the ending is a little metaphysical - I'd prefer more explosives and bullets and less words, and what is almost a law of nature for these sort of flicks - the dumb people who wander off alone down a dark hall, but where would horror/thriller/mystery flicks be without them. Anyway, I hope you give this film a chance. You just might enjoy it.
Cuba Gooding Jr.'s recent string of straight to DVD failures have been far cry's to his roles in Jerry McGuire or Shadow Boxer. But I was pleasantly surprised at The Devil's Tomb, and I found myself thinking; "Maybe Cuba hasn't gone all the way under after all."First, the Story. Second, the Acting. Third, the Action.The Story- Mack (Gooding Jr.) leads a group of Special Forces guys and gals into a creepy underground facility to find a scientist who has presumably been part of some kind of freaky experiment (This role was played by Ron Perlman, of Hellboy fame). As the film progresses, Mack and his team will discover all sorts of scary things, ranging from a creepy little girl to a creepier Bill Moseley.The Acting- Cuba is great in this, he played a great sullen character who led his team, who have their own back stories. Besides Cuba and Perlman, the cast also includes Ray Winstone, who appears in an interesting flashback. Bill Moseley is interesting as well, appearing as one of the scientists Mack and his team are sent to recover.The Action- For first time director Jason Connery, not bad. Sean Connery's son gives us a couple classic gore scenes, where the victim explodes upon being shot. He has also given us a decent set. I never found myself thinking that the characters were in a warehouse somewhere, shooting this film. I was impressed with the effects.I'd watch The Devil's Tomb again.