A poor follow-up to "Dog Soldiers"

Rating: 5/10 (7 August 2005)

I seem to be in the minority here, but I thought this film was a complete disappointment when compared to "Dog Soldiers". Others have given an overview of the plot, which I won't repeat, and the film does have a few spectacular moments.
However, I never felt that "engaged" with any of the characters, and as such found it difficult to care that much as the body count grew. Maybe this is partly a bloke thing - since the cast is virtually all women, and character development does not seem to have high on the priority list, I found it difficult to get that concerned with the fate of any particular actor.
The special effects are OK, but by now my mind was wondering about all the logical inconsistencies in the plot, and the premise of the situation the actors have to confront.
There's also the problem of the set - although I guess the intention was to recreate the claustrophobia of the confines of the caves, in practice I felt that after a while this just gave the film a one-dimensional appearance.
Although there are frequent references to other movies during the film, and I guess spotting them all would be vaguely amusing, in order to play that card this would need to be a better film.
I was looking forward to seeing it, but it's one of those films in my opinion will soon be buried without trace, which is disappointing.