Sunday, November 12, 2023

Underground (2011)

Special forces head to an underground military facility where some creatures are on the loose. The creatures are intelligent, hard to track, difficult to destroy, faster and more lethal than humans.  Special forces are decimated and the military wash their hands of this issue leaving these dangerous killing machines to roam the corridors.

Two years later, a rave takes place at the abandoned military base. Matt and his friend Storm are glad to be back home after fighting overseas.  Matt brings his girlfriend Mira, the doctor that saved his life after he was injured in combat.

They meet up with Matt’s friends, Eric, Jena and Evie.  Everyone’s having fun until a gang shows up at the rave, and a fight occurs.  Matt and Storm dominate the few troublemakers, but then the whole gang joins in and they decide to leave. 

They run away, find an entrance to the underground, and slam the door shut before the gang can enter.  Matt says all military bases are the same and they just need to get to the second entrance.  But Storm feels like something is wrong.

As they navigate through the corridors, one of the group is attacked and seriously injured.  Then there is a second attack and they realize what they’re up against. Will this rag tag bunch of ravers make it out alive?  

There is a fair amount of whining from the friends.  When one whiner is dispatched, then another one takes it up.  No one wants to be in a stressful situation with someone who won’t shut up about how everyone is going to die.

I liked the set up and the start of the creature attacks, but later another character is introduced which threw it off and I didn’t like the ending.  Also these characters are jerks.  Instead of telling the police woman to close the grate, they run off and look back as she’s attacked.  They didn’t try to help her and left the grate open so others might decide to explore it.  Plus if a cop disappears and you have her cruiser, you’re going to be blamed for her disappearance.  And what sort of cop leaves their keys in the ignition?   Also how did they get to the rave? They didn’t come with the other guys so shouldn’t their car still be there? 
 

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