This Scary/Horror/Action-Thriller is certainly much better than anyone would expect from the genre.

Rating: 8/10 (5 September 2006)

After losing her husband and her daughter in a freak car accident, an young athletic woman (Shauna MacDonald) is been join by her friends (Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring and Nona Jane No one) by going rock climbing in the undiscovered cave in the U.S. Once they are inside, these group of friends encounter the unknown. An race of humanoid crawling creatures, who feed on their pray.
Written and Directed by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers) made an exciting, imaginative, brutal, suspenseful horror film along the lines of movies like "Alien", "Pitch Black" and "Predator". Marshall's premise is certainly familiar (especially last year's good looking but extremely flawed picture "The Cave") but somehow Marshall manages to make it fresh with strong horror sequences and vivid charaterzations from the cast makes this more than a memorable film. Like many movies these days, there's some flaws and also the ending was changed for the U.S. release (Since the original U.K. release had a more darker satisfying conclusion). "The Descent" is certainly the most impressive fantasy/horror/thriller in a while. Super 35. (****/*****).