Very watchable but underwhelming

Rating: 6/10 (23 August 2010)

Like Neil Marshall's other movies, this is solid but ultimately feels a bit stretched. Cool, gory battle scenes - at times the editing makes it feel like they are trying to fit as many on screen deaths as possible within the smallest amount of screen time. I just never really got that engaged with the characters. Overall, this is a timekiller which is competent, uncompromising and mostly visually interesting, but overall, nothing remarkable or really innovative. I thought The Descent was much more effective. Lots of respect for the writer/director for at least continuing to produce original story lines though, and not just remakes, adaptations or sequels.