Why so much hype?

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The point that I'll mention in this review containing spoiler scenes, so don't read this if you haven't seen the movie.The story plot was okay, but unfortunately there were scenes that did not make any sense, even though for a horror action movie like this film, Dead Mine. For examples, there was a scene of a grenade that blew next to one of the actor. Instead of his body getting torn apart, in this film he managed to survive. He still got injured, not from the blast, but from the rocks that fell down and pressed on his legs. I mean, c'mon man... And how could the creatures that appeared as the Imperial Army in a heavy armor made from steel, suddenly popped out of the lake? They supposed to be drown due of the heavy things that they carried in their bodies. Anyway, the film wasn't bad, still okay to be watched though.

I wanted to watch a horror movie yesterday and after a quick search I chose Dead Mine. Well,the "horror in a mine" concept is nothing rare so I didn't expect to encounter something new plot wise to begin with. What I was expecting to see in an Indonesian B-movie like this were some nice killing scenes and probably some scary or intense moments. Also, most horror B-movies nowadays usually make up for their "bad" plot with lots of blood and gore but that's not the case here. This movie isn't much scary either. Even at moments that the protagonists are hunted down and the watcher should feel the intensity of it the director just failed to make it happen.Coming to the story now, I have to say it was not that bad.It actually had more potential than it delivered if I can say that. Of course, there are cliché characters placed here and there but it happens to most movies(I even found myself liking the character of Warren's gf) .The plot is quite good at first(not something entirely fresh but decent) and seems like it might lead somewhere good. Still the bad pace, the lack of attention to detail and the horrible 15-20 last mins of the movie where the story goes off track ruin the effort made before.I know that what I've said so far will probably make you not wanting to watch this movie at all but its not entirely unwatchable. It's still better than many movies out there. So if you like horror movies and got nothing else to watch give it a try. It will be a decent one-time watch, though the last part of the movie might leave you with a bad aftertaste like in my case.

I suppose I am in the minority in liking this movie. Once I got the feel for the style of movie it was (its more like a TV movie than a feature film, you can tell by the poor quality of the indoor sets, the not so smart dialogue, etc), my expectations lessened and I loosened up and came out of it satisfied. It kind of reminded me of other movies that I enjoyed like The Descent and Devils Pass. The story wasn't original (people with a hidden agenda hiring ex-army guys to guide them through a hostile jungle) but the acting was believable, the way the hidden agenda unfolds is full of action and there was even an unexpected ending. Would I watch it again and recommend it to people who don't mind HBO Asia movies, yes. I guess I'm a cheese ball.

I can be pretty short about this. While the general idea of the script is fine, it reminds me too much of other movies such as 'The Descent' and 'The cave', which in fact are WAY better! Trying to reinvent the wheel mostly does not work, and it does not work here either. Yeah OK, the script is different, but the main idea is the same: flesh eating/killing monsters in some sort of cave. The acting is mediocre at best. To be honest, it's hard to come up with a decent review, as there is very little to say about this movie. I personally found this rather boring, not innovative and a waste of time. I think giving it 5 stars is being very generous.