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Decades ago, in the Romanian Carpathians, an illegal expedition in an abandoned mountainside church (suspected to be built over the entrance to an extensive cave system) causes a landslide and the supposed deaths of every man there. Now, a scientific team uncover an underwater cave system while excavating the area and call in a respected and cutting-edge cave diving team (run by the always welcome Cole Hauser) to assist. Dr. Nicolai and his associate Dr. Jennings (hell yes, her majesty Lena Headey) will joint the group as they explore and document the untouched ecosystem. Things go wrong when a violent species unknown to man begins to make its presence known and even more dangerous is the parasitic life form behind all of the unpleasantness. I mean, of course the Templar Knights built an isolated church over a cave to keep something away from the rest of the world, that’s just Horror 101. Our man Cole gets his handsome ass infected and we see the parasite get to work on transforming whatever biological host it inhabits into a carnivorous monster or in his case, a convenient super hero. A fate which befell those folks all them decades ago (they’re now the winged creatures who reminded me of the creature from Graveyard Shift just less impressive) and even further back inspired all them stories about those Templar dopes fighting monsters. Anyways, our heroes have also managed to get themselves trapped so they need to find another way out which, naturally, forces them deeper into the caves and deeper into enemy territory. A solid cast (sexy Piper Perabo, sexier Morris Chestnut, Daniel Dae Kim and Eddie Cibrian join in on the hijinks) adds some class to the silly survivalist/monster nightmare. As usual, human ego, inhuman appetites and general agitation make up the drama but the script is pretty humdrum and lets down the effort and setting. Still not a bad way to spend a rainy afternoon.
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