Ordinary horror movie with shallow ending

Rating: 5/10 (6 September 2006)

I am really astonished by the positive comments this movie received. In fact, the Descent is not as bad as other horror flicks I've seen recently, but the plot is quite banal, the story - as well as the horror scenes - are definitely shallow and boring. One of the girls is painted as an adventurous bitch who lies about the site they are exploring, so as to discover unexplored caves lost in the middle of nowhere, putting all her friends' lives in danger. Eventually she is left behind by the only surviving girl; I think this could have been better explained and portrayed, since the "social" dynamics in a suffocating and claustrophobic environment (as a cave actually is) would have provided the movie with a nice and fresh touch I have not seen in it. Not a horrible movie after all, but nothing special.