with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. It's one of those movies that had potential but somehow does not really uses it. Nothing much actually happens through out the film, just some cat and mouse between the two main characters. Musik & Movie Total hat total schnell geliefert! Rich Buhler, who interviewed the editors, found that the story had been based on recollections of a letter printed in the feature section of a newspaper called Etel Suomen (possibly the Etel-Suomen Sanomat). No cheap effects, thrilling story, good acting, and guessing participation is guaranteed to the very end. My recommendation: see it. In central Sahara a rig is drilling down to a cavern discovered 9 miles below the surface. Jack's superiors Caswell and Inspector Khaled later back up JC's story and presence on the expedition, explaining that the rescued Ivanoff had a sample of a kind of toxic gas released from the underground cavity by the drill. The actors do fine. I really like the idea suggested here & it plays on a tale that fascinates me. I was wrong. 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen, "The more cunning the lie, the worse the circumstances. Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen. Coming Soon, Regal | Required fields are marked *. Jack finds the station deserted and weird marks painted with blood on the wall. Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2022, Ich hatte nicht viel von diesem Film erwartet, aber nach dem ich ihn mir in der Videothek ausgeliehen hatte, habe ich mir nun die Bluray gekauft. Jack calls in the deaths to GNE, but the police are tied up searching for the other missing scientists, and his boss Chief Caswell orders him to stay put in case anyone returns. When all communication ceases from a remote research station in the Sahara Desert, Thomas Jackman (Adrian Paul, Highlander) is sent to investigate. but Jack contacts the operator Kat (Amanda Douge) and she tells him that they should wait for the police. [3] It was the last feature film credit for writer Everett de Roche. And having Kate Nauta (JC) as one of the characters was very fine. A security patrolman, battles through the high winds to investigate why all contact with the station has been lost. (2009) Stream and Watch Online. Fazit: Gute Ideen mit bescheidenen finanziellen Mitteln liebevoll in Szene gesetzt. Terms and Policies Did they really uncover hell or was the explanation of a noxious gas released from the cavern that caused hallucinations & paranoia a better fit? Id give it a 3.5 star if I could and I still recommend watching it! Best Multiplayer Horror Games For Android! I both was and was not surprised to learn that this film was once scheduled to be helmed by John Carpenter in the 1990's, before he dropped out. This is the official Facebook page for Nine Miles Down. He didnt hit her, and shes perfectly fine if a little shocked. Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2020. Starting with a superflu that kills seemingly more than 99% of humanity, the . So a good part of the movie are mind games, and are they real or hallucinations. When all contact is lost with a remote research team drilling deeper into the earth's crust than ever before, a security expert is sent to investigate. The film had great potential based on the premise of finding hell, if only it was directed and written properly. Download the Peacock app and start streaming Nine Miles Down. I feel the movie was quite clever in manipulating the audience. Seems like most were playing an Australian accent for the desert drilling movie. If I sound befuddled, it is only that the film left many answers apparently on the cutting room floor. Ich finde auch das die Kamera- Arbeit sehr gelungen ist, und die ganze Zeit eine sehr stimmige und bedrohliche Atmosphre herscht. JC, meanwhile, was less affected because her quarters were separate from the main compound. Further, they had met a Russian scientist wandering with sample of gas. And having Kate Nauta (JC) as one of the characters was very fine. wants to leave but Jack gets orders to stay & wait for the police. A security expert (Adrian Paul) is sent to a remote scientific camp to investigate strange occurrences. Nine Miles Down. Film war besser als gedach! Actors : Adrian Paul, Kate Nauta. American tabloids soon ran the story, and sound files began appearing on various sites across the Internet. And the ending is a bit of a mess. Besser geht kaum. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Studio : Viva Pictures. When he comes to the seemingly deserted station, and sees written in blood: Save Yourself one knows it will not be an ordinary visit. This was an imaginative thriller that kept me watching. Coming Soon. J'aime bien les films de genres.Les commentaires Allemands n'tant pas trop mauvais,et le dvd pas trop cher,j'ai achett en aveugle.Ce n'est pas le film de l'anne,mais j'ai quand meme appreci.L'histoire d'un flic du desert,qui est envoy sur un chantier de forage d'ont J'aime bien les films de genres.Les commentaires Allemands n'tant pas trop mauvais,et le dvd pas trop cher,j'ai achett en aveugle.Ce n'est pas le film de l'anne,mais j'ai quand meme appreci.L'histoire d'un flic du desert,qui est envoy sur un chantier de forage d'ont personne n'a de nouvelles.L'installation est vide,certains ont fuis dans le desert.D'autres ont laiss des enregistrement,avant de se suicider.Adrie Paul,le flic,a ordre de rester sur place pour claircire les faits.Le lendemain il vois arriver une jogueuse en short et lunettes de soleil.En fait il sagit de la seule survivante de l'quipe d'ingnieurs.Ses explications sont flous,l'atmosphere se tend.Ils coucheront ensemble et s'affronteront,tour tour.Est ce qu'elle est le dmon!? Ich hatte nicht viel von diesem Film erwartet, aber nach dem ich ihn mir in der Videothek ausgeliehen hatte, habe ich mir nun die Bluray gekauft. and the So unterschiedlich sind die Geschmcker. When contacting the letter's author, Buhler found that he had drawn from a story appearing in a Finnish Christian newsletter named Vaeltajat, which had printed the story in July 1989. When the Fun Stops, Stop. The Soviet Union had, in fact, drilled a hole more than 12km (7.5 miles) deep, the Kola Superdeep Borehole, located not in Siberia but on the Kola Peninsula, which shares borders with Norway and Finland. http://www.vizyon.yine.biz Nine Miles Down 2009 trailer fragman She tries to subdue him but Jack locks himself in Borman's office and finds a hidden recording of the Professor feverishly explaining that the Devil itself had been released, further convincing Jack that JC is dangerous. Klare Kaufempfehlung. I guess this was suppose to be a scary psychological type thriller. So a good part of whether liking the movie or not depended on whether one bought into what could be happening, and how well the actors sold that idea. Jackmann goes crazy and then commits suicide. The place seems empty until he runs into Dr. Jennie J.C. Christianson who is anxious to leave but extremely secretive. The drilling crew disappears and one security man is sent out to see why. Nine Miles Down is a 2009 horror film [2] based on the Well to Hell hoax, a widespread urban myth (spread mostly in the 1990s) that Russian scientists had drilled so deep that they had broken through into hell and recorded the screams of the damned emanating from the borehole. Well it turned out to be so much better than expected. Regal The next morning, he sees a young woman jogging (JC) and she says they have to get out of there. Not sure how this rates 5.5. Amazon has encountered an error. Or is she? The remaining scientists are still missing and presumed dead, having scattered into the desert. I feel the movie was quite clever in manipulating the audience. Your email address will not be published. In sum, worth a view if only for the actors and the locale. Obviously filmed under a tight budget, the majority of the film features just two actors. I loved the first 10 minutes of this movie, in which you simply watch Adrian Paul, who plays a security guard, roam around abandoned buildings to search for clues about where a missing dig team has gone. When contact is lost, Jack, a lone security guard (Adrian Paul) is sent to investigate. The question, our "hero" Jackman (and the audience) is asking himself over and over again is: Is this reality - or just an illusion? All rights reserved. Great acting, original plot, as well as a strong message. Because sometimes, your trip ends before the in-flight movie does, and you really dont want to ask the pilot to circle the airport just so you can catch the finale. In the case of Yeon, it is Ji-ah. Otherwise, the movie is very routine and not all that original. [3], However, TBN did nothing to verify Rendalen's claims, and aired the story as proof of the validity of the original story. Die Idee hinter der hier erzhlten Geschichte ist wirklich faszinierend, auch wenn die Ich hatte nicht viel von diesem Film erwartet, aber nach dem ich ihn mir in der Videothek ausgeliehen hatte, habe ich mir nun die Bluray gekauft. Jackmann goes crazy and then commits suicide. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Jack, who misses his wife that had committed suicide and killed their two children, continues to investigate the station and find videotapes from Dr. Borman advising that his team had released evil from the depths of hell. JC recounts that, six days prior, the drill had broken through to the cavity and audio sensors on the drill picked up chilling audio of what sounded like human screams. Sadly the pace of the movie does drop & a lack of any real explanation is disappointing. This deeply disturbing psychological thriller is the story of a security guard sent to investigate the disappearance of a team drilling in the desert. While he recovers from hitting his head on a crane hook, she attempts to steal his vehicle but he has hidden the keys on his person. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over . investigate of all things. [1] The recording of "tormented screams" was later found to be looped together from various sound effects, sometimes identified as the soundtrack of the 1972 movie Baron Blood. Hatte mir mehr von dem Film versprochen, war leider nicht so spannend wie erwartet. [5], Mark L. Miller of Ain't It Cool News called it "a devilishly pleasant surprise" that fulfills its promising concept. Alert: Missing Persons Unit, with Monday night's double-episode finale, tracked down the w I just watched this movie without any greater expectations, though I was curious about the kinda mysterious plot. The premise is that an oil rig drilling farther down than ever before may have reached Hell or some other world. Christensen isnt the devil, just a worker on the project. Though the acting wasn't on a Strasberg level, it was OK. He is the security guard sent to investigate. Stream it on Peacock. She says the project reached nine miles depth and then the drill broke into some sort of underground cavern; a listening device lowered into it recorded audio which sounds like thousands of voices screaming in pain and terror many came to believe that they had broken into hell (the movie is based on the well known Well to Hell urban legend.) 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