The survivors return to civilization and Top departs. A little while later, Tyler and Kathryn meet up and he asks her if Jack could have survived out in the open in his mutated state. Kathryn says she had originally thought the parasite could only survive underground, but now she is uncertain; she suspects the parasite wants to get out. When she lowers her sunglasses, it is clear that Kathryn's eyes have mutated just like Jack's. Kathryn then quickly walks away, as Tyler realizes she knows she is infected with the parasite, and that she intends to remain free, able to infect others. He runs after her, but she disappears in the crowd. Cast Cole Hauser as Jack McAllister, one of two thrill-seeking professional cave explorers, along with his brother Tyler Eddie Cibrian as Tyler McAllister, Jack's fellow thrill-seeking professional cave explorer and brother Morris Chestnut as Top Buchanan, a survival expert Lena Headey as Kathryn Jennings, a scientist Piper Perabo as Charlie, a rock-climbing professional Rick Ravanello as Briggs, a member of the dive team Daniel Dae Kim as Alex Kim, a cameraman Kieran Darcy-Smith as Strode, a sonar expert Marcel Iureș as Dr. Nicolai, a scientist and leader of the expedition Vlad Rădescu as Dr. Bacovia Brian Steele portrays the creatures in the cave. Reception The Cave received mostly negative reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 12% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 3.5/10. The critics consensus reads, "Despite its stylized and impressive sets, this horror-monster movie mish-mash suffers from endless cliches and wildly implausible plotlines." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 30 out of 100 based on 24 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade "C−" on an A+ to F scale. The main complaint was the lack of character building and overly familiar cliches, with Neil Smith of BBC Online calling it "a generic duffer that is as exciting as a hole in the ground". Robert Koehler made the same observation in Variety, writing, "The Cave feels familiar as it goes through the rote edicts of the scientific crew vs. beastie formula". In her review for the New York Times, Laura Kern praised the film’s sets and visual style, but denounced the script, writing "Having worked as second- and third-unit