Not Nearly as Good as the Score Suggests

Rating: 4/10 (21 October 2011)

This is my first review and I'm only doing it because of how appalled I am to find this movie with such a high score, so here we go...
I gave this movie a shot strictly based off it's IMDb score, which is normally about how I would rate most movies I see on here. However, after having just watched this film, I must say that the score for The Descent is WAY higher than I can possibly fathom. How it got a 7+ is beyond me, but I digress.
This film was also in my opinion not very scary at all. Perhaps the "found some crazy creatures while spelunking" ploy never has worked on me, but to some it may.
Bottom line, this is just another average "horror" film. It's not good, but it's not any worse than you would expect from the any similar title (ie The Cave, The Cavern, etc). I'm assuming that the people giving this film a higher score do so because of the subtext of the film's meaning and admittedly well done shots throughout (I guess?), but I think they give it too much credit.