Excellent

Rating: 9/10 (11 July 2006)

THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS. A really great film, a god mix of blind horror, claustrophobia and gore. The film is quite slow at the beginning but introduces the characters (and gives an essential back-story for one). The build-up is authentic and tense, and once the action does begin, it begins fast, with 2 characters being killed almost instantly. This film also contains one of the best endings I have seen for a film of this type, continuing the horror, creating sympathy for the last character alive and partially disallowing any rubbishy "The Descent 2". On top of this, the infrequent but explicit gore scenes make the whole experience much more believable - BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD - a car crash scene involving the drivers head being skewered by a copper rod, an awful scene with a broken shinbone and one character having her neck sliced through with a climbing Axe. All in all, a good watch. Highly recommended