2013’s Sink Hole opens with a fracking plant about to go online.  A couple of local activists get in a hot air balloon and, while floating over the site of the plant, hold up a cardboard “NO FRACKING” sign which absolutely no one would be able to read from the ground.

Still, this is supposed to be a badass moment.  Of course, it’s ruined when steam is released from the plant and the hot air balloon crashes into a power station.  One of the activist is killed.  Local paramedic Joan Conroy (Gina Holden) is traumatized.  Joan’s daughter, Paige (Brooke Mackenzie), dumps her boyfriend because he’s the son of the guy who opened the plant and she feels that he should have done something to stop his father.  (Like what, exactly?)  That, of course, makes things awkward when it’s time for the two of them to board a school bus and go to a track meet together.  Making thing even more awkward is that the track coach and bus driver is Paige’s father, Gary (Jeremy London).

Predictably, the fracking causes a big sinkhole to open up in the middle of the road and, as a result, Gary, Paige, and the entire track team are trapped underground.  It’s up to Joan to save them.  Eric Roberts also makes an appearance in this film, playing the local police chief.  It’s a typical Eric Roberts cameo.  Anyone could have played the role but it’s still nice to see a sleepy-eyed Eric delivering his lines with his trademark off-kilter smile.

I was actually excited when this movie started because I thought it starred Jason London but it turned out to be his far less interesting twin, Jeremy.  Sink Hole has all the makings of an Asylum film but it’s not an Asylum film.  If it was an Asylum film, I imagine the pace wouldn’t have been as slow and there at least would have been a giant snake or something to keep things interesting.  This film actually tries to push a message but the action is too slow and the actors playing the track team are all stuck portraying one-dimensional stereotypes.  This sink hole is not worth getting lost in.

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

1. Star 80 (1983)
2. Runaway Train (1985)
3. Best of the Best (1989)
4. Blood Red (1989)
5. The Ambulance (1990)
6. The Lost Capone (1990)
7. Best of the Best II (1993)
8. Love, Cheat, & Steal (1993)
9. Voyage (1993)
10. Love Is A Gun (1994)
11. Sensation (1994)
12. Dark Angel (1996)
13. Doctor Who (1996)
14. Most Wanted (1997)
15. Mercy Streets (2000)
16. Raptor (2001)
17. Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
18. Strange Frequency (2001)
19. Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
20. Border Blues (2004)
21. Mr. Brightside (2004)
22. Six: The Mark Unleased (2004)
23. We Belong Together (2005)
24. Hey You (2006)
25. Depth Charge (2008)
26. Amazing Racer (2009)
27. In The Blink of an Eye (2009)
28. Bed & Breakfast (2010)
29. Enemies Among Us (2010)
30. The Expendables (2010) 
31. Sharktopus (2010)
32. Beyond The Trophy (2012)
33. The Dead Want Women (2012)
34. Deadline (2012)
35. The Mark (2012)
36. Miss Atomic Bomb (2012)
37. Assault on Wall Street (2013)
38. Bonnie And Clyde: Justified (2013)
39. Lovelace (2013)
40. The Mark: Redemption (2013)
41. The Perfect Summer (2013)
42. Self-Storage (2013)
43. A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
44. This Is Our Time (2013)
45. Bigfoot vs DB Cooper (2014)
46. Doc Holliday’s Revenge (2014)
47. Inherent Vice (2014)
48. Road to the Open (2014)
49. Rumors of War (2014)
50. Amityville Death House (2015)
51. Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
52. A Fatal Obsession (2015)
53. Las Vegas Story (2015)
54. Stalked By My Doctor (2015)
55. Enemy Within (2016)
56. Hunting Season (2016)
57. Joker’s Poltergeist (2016)
58. Prayer Never Fails (2016)
59. Stalked By My Doctor: The Return (2016)
60. The Wrong Roommate (2016)
61. Dark Image (2017)
62. The Demonic Dead (2017)
63. Black Wake (2018)
64. Frank and Ava (2018)
65. Stalked By My Doctor: Patient’s Revenge (2018)
66. Clinton Island (2019)
67. Monster Island (2019)
68. The Reliant (2019)
69. The Savant (2019)
70. Seven Deadly Sins (2019)
71. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
72. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
73. Exodus of a Prodigal Son (2020)
74. Free Lunch Express (2020)
75. Her Deadly Groom (2020)
76. Top Gunner (2020)
77. Deadly Nightshade (2021)
78. The Elevator (2021)
79. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
80. Killer Advice (2021)
81. Megaboa (2021)
82. Night Night (2021)
83. The Poltergeist Diaries (2021)
84. The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
85. A Town Called Parable (2021)
86. Bleach (2022)
87. Dawn (2022)
88. My Dinner With Eric (2022)
89. 69 Parts (2022)
90. D.C. Down (2023)
91. Aftermath (2024)
92. Bad Substitute (2024)
93. Devil’s Knight (2024)
94. The Wrong Life Coach (2024)
95. When It Rains In L.A. (2025