Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 2.0
It descended into something, all right...
I'll be honest and say they could have cut the first 15-20 minutes out of the movie. Yes, I know they were setting up the scenario, but it wasn't really necessary and once the main part of the movie started it felt like those scenes had been cheaply and shoddily tacked on to give a completely unbelievable movie a bit of reality. Which didn't work. It's a horror flick, just start out with people getting together for whatever reason to go explore dark and scary caves on an ill-advised trip. I don't think most of the audience cares why - we came to this movie willing to suspend our disbelief, run with that.Once the adventure starts I began to like the movie more. I know it's just a shallow horror flick but there were some genuinely interesting interactions within the group. If you want to over-analyze it you could, because the reactions and actions of several of the group members were very well-done, considering the situation they found themselves in. I found myself drawn into the storyline and pulled along with the characters. The 'monsters' were good, just the right touch of frightening without being ludicrous.But then... then there was the end. And what would have been an okay movie was completely ruined by an end scene that made (at least in my mind) no sense whatsoever. I can't really say more without ruining the ending, but I can't wrap my brain around what was supposed to have happened and what the filmmakers were trying to imply with the last bit.So there was a bit of decent action-horror capped with a boring beginning and a confusing end, leaving a bad last impression. I'd say that there are far better horror movies to spend your time watching, give this one a miss.