Plot
Captain Kate Sinclair, a Royal Air Force pilot, is shot down over Afghanistan. After crashing in a hostile region controlled by insurgents, Kate is pursued by armed militants. Desperate to escape, she stumbles upon an abandoned Soviet bunker.
Inside the bunker, Kate discovers horrifying genetic experiments left over from the Cold War era. The bunker is filled with grotesque creatures, human-animal hybrids that were created as biological weapons but have gone feral. These mutants, called "ravagers," are fast, powerful, and very hard to kill. Kate manages to escape the bunker, but the ravagers are unleashed into the open. She is rescued by a group of U.S. soldiers stationed at a nearby outpost. Together, they must defend themselves against the ravagers and the encroaching insurgents.
Tensions build as the soldiers, led by Kate and their commanding officer, struggle to survive both the ravagers and the mounting insurgent attacks. The creatures seem unstoppable, and the team is forced to make difficult decisions as their numbers dwindle. In a climactic final battle, the survivors devise a plan to destroy the bunker and seal the creatures inside forever. Kate leads the charge, and they manage to set off a massive explosion, collapsing the bunker and trapping the ravagers underground. Kate and a few others escape, but the plot ends on an ambiguous note, suggesting that the threat may not be entirely over.
Reception
The Lair received mixed reviews from critics. As of August 2024, the film holds a 35% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 20 reviews. [4]
Variety wrote "There's nary a dull moment, albeit no truly memorable ones either. It's a movie more hectic than exciting, let alone scary. But it does move along at a brisk clip that attests to the director's knack for staging and pacing splattery action." [2] Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote "The Lair doesn't finish as spectacularly as it starts, but that just means it's a good genre picture and not a great one." [5] Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "a good-enough horror/action hybrid", praising the action scenes and practical effects of the monsters but had a more mixed opinion on the acting and dialogue. [6]
Box office
The film grossed $156,597 at the box office worldwide. [1]
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