The first movie to convince me that women can go full-tilt into action

Rating: 9/10 (6 February 2007)

The six women in this film are so believable in their roles that I was completely drawn into the story. For me, that's the most impressive thing about this cautionary tale. Very few actresses seem to have any affinity to real adventure. Starbuck in 'Battlestar Galactica' is one of those exceptions. But somehow this movie's producers managed to get together a terrific group of very watchable, and completely genuine, women friends so that an action junkie like me actually felt that the movie was better off being all female. I'm not sure why, but I'm very surprised.
Next in impressiveness would be the direction which somehow conveyed the experience of being in a cave so well that I was reminded of long ago experiences I hadn't thought of in a long time. If you've ever been alone in a cave, you'll find this movie dead on and extremely skilled in taking you back. There's a very refined sense of horror that I appreciated a great deal. This is no-holds-barred film making at its best and for my money deserved far more recognition all the way around than it got. I'm looking forward to Neil Marshall's next directorial outing 'Doomsday'.