Monsters in a hole. *SPOILERS GALORE*

Rating: 2/10 (6 August 2006)

This is the most overrated movie to crack an IMDb 5.0 in quite some time. The only "twist" in this movie is the undistinguished cast of interchangeable thirty-something females, which, incidentally, renders an uninspired performance overall. So far as I can tell, the only reason this abomination is receiving attention is because of the novelty of the casting. If dancing bears had been cast instead of women, it wouldn't have been worse and some of the monotony might have been lightened up by some deft hoofing.
There seems to be no real point to the death of Sarah's husband and child in the first few minutes of the movie. So it works well with the rest of the film, which is similarly pointless. There is no real character development. The ladies are initially portrayed as a band of devil-may- care adventuresses engaged in madcap adolescent camaraderie, but they have no personalities to go along with the frequently unintelligible accents. At then end, you will ask yourself "Who were those people?" and you will answer back to yourself, "I don't care."
And it really doesn't matter who they are or were. The the movie is about a bunch of nitwits that go into a hole in the ground and get chased by monsters before one lone survivor escapes into the daylight. *yawn* They aren't even real monsters. They're just people wearing a few layers of cheap latex who do their best to sneer and squeak and gurgle and mug for the camera. It's blatant camera abuse.
There is no real suspense or sense of surprise. The explorers are in a hole full of monsters that are trying to eat them. The explorers are trying to find a way out before they get eaten.
They should have just called this movie "Monsters in a Hole" and been done with it. At least the audience could have left the theater wondering who the monsters where--- the hungry blind latex albinos or the mean old ladies who disturbed their tranquil existence.
I give it two stars because I think they used a pretty high quality of latex on the monsters. More like they wasted it, actually. Well, that's okay, I'll stick with two stars anyway.