SANCTUM

Year: 2010
USA: Universal Pictures
UK: Universal Pictures UK International
Cast: Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Parkinson, Dan Wyllie, Christopher Baker, Nicole Downs, Allison Cratchley, Cramer Cain, Andrew Hansen, John Garvin, Sean Dennehy, Nea Diap
Director: Alister Grierson
Countries: USA / Australia
USA: 103 mins
UK: 108 mins
USA Rated: R for language, some violence and disturbing images
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language
USA Release Date: 4 February 2011
UK Release Date: 4 February 2011

Synopsis

"The only way out is down."

The 3-D action-thriller SANCTUM, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea.

Master diver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team, including 17-year-old son Josh (Rhys Wakefield) and financier Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd), are forced to radically alter plans. With dwindling supplies, the crew must navigate an underwater labyrinth to make it out. Soon, they are confronted with the unavoidable question: Can they survive, or will they be trapped forever?

Shot on location on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, SANCTUM employs 3D photography techniques Cameron developed to lens AVATAR. Designed to operate in extreme environments, the technology used to shoot the action-thriller will bring audiences on a breathless journey across plunging cliffs and into the furthest reaches of our subterranean world.