REEL DEAL: Dead Mine REVIEW (SM CinExlusive)

Asian Movies are leveling up to Hollywood standards and does not want to be left out. And for this year, HBO Asia produced their first movie together with Infinite Studios,  DEAD MINE. Bringing together international actors in the region is an exciting mix.  

This movie gives a different twist to the infamous Yamashita Treasure that is (still) searched here in the Philippines, makes it way to the islands of Sulawesi in Indonesia. As a team of explorers and soldiers go on this quest, they found a very morbid truth inside an abandoned mine.

Dead Mine features mostly Indonesian actors like Ario Bayu, Bang Tigor, Joe Taslim and Mike Lewis which some played in another SM CinExlcusive The Raid Redemption. Other cast members are Mike Lewis, Carmen Soo and Les Loveday, Jimmy T, Sam Hazeldine and Miki Mizuno. 

Dead Mine is showing exclusively in SM Cinemas on November 7, 2012. Special discounts can be availed when using E-plus cards!

Deliberation time kids! 

Show summary in 3 lines: Raid The Mine!

Technical Effects: 4 out of 5 stars (I liked the cinematography and the blood and gore in the movie, creepy yet effective )

Acting and Actors: 4 out of 5 stars  (I have o say Kudos to the Indonesian actors who shone well in this film even with simple and supporting roles) 

DVD worthiness: 4 out of 5 stars (hope it includes mine map!)

Music and Soundtracks:  4 out for 5 stars (Complementing sounds brings the eeriness of the movie to a whole new level  )

3D Worthiness: YAY
Pros: Actors, Blood and Gore, Sound, Prosthetic 
Cons:  Logical loopholes (well it is a movie), Plot Phasing (the start is be too slow and the ending is too fast) 
Overall Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (Still a good movie to scare you this November, just don't try to search for treasure after this)