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 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.

This movie started out pretty well.I loved the premise, it minded me a bit of "Outpost 2007" (a must see if you like horror/action films). This starts out kind of similar, except here it's an old abandoned WW2 Japanese base rather then an Nazi one.The actors pretty good and appealing over all but could have been better, a bit too flippant.It started it out well, but then about a quarter way in it took a sudden bad turn into the cliché. It became every other mysterious cave, abandoned base, haunted asylum, type movie you've already seen before; complete with stereotype troglodyte like creatures scuttling around in the dark. It's not just that, if it were done well it would probably still be entertaining. Instead it was rather droll and predictable. I gave up on it, not wanting to suffer through to the end. Skip this one and watch something like "Outpost" instead. The better original that this one this tries to copy and fails.

"Dead Mine" is a dreadful movie along the lines of "The Descent" except that Japanese troops from World War II are hiding in a remote cave. The protagonist, Warren Price (Les Loveday), is leading a heavily-armed group of guys with guns searching for the legendary gold horde of General Yamashita in an isolated, shutdown mine in this modest Indonesian horror thriller. Gunmen drive our heroes into the mine, and they encounter pasty-faced guys and old-fashioned samurai warriors. Eventually, they discover that hideous experiments were conducted on soldiers. Nothing struck me as remotely scary. This is one of those movies where everybody dies and we're supposed to enjoy the way that the villains—Japanese soldiers from World War II—administer death with their swords. Characterization is flat, exposition is perfunctory, while performances are adequate. The opening scene when an armed man is sucked into a hole gets things moving fast but it is nothing designed to induce long range horror. Like but never as compelling as "The Descent."