Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 2.0
A lot of wasted potential...... too bad....
This movie started off about as refreshing as you could get. Sure, there were "Lifetime channel" moments and such but for a horror movie at least it didnt just dump a bunch of hapless teenagers in the woods for them to be hacked one by one.The atmosphere was eerie and convincing. The cave shots were well done, the tension was building ever so slowly and it was somewhat un-nerving when you just knew that something bad was brewing. So, the first part of the movie was thumbs up all the way. Unfortunately, like sooooooo many other horror films it resorts to silly blood spatters and totally unbelievable situations and it gets old rather quickly. The creative tension that got me hooked was quickly replaced by absurdity. Too much ketchup, too many frantic scenes of the "monster guys" jumping around, and of course...the completely silly "tough" chick that Kung-Fu'ed her way through most of the monsters like they were invalids. That alone killed it.... the main characters were disposing the bad guys too easily and some of the ways they killed them was laughable. I was angry at this movie not so much because I wasted my time but because it had a lot of potential and seemed to run out of ideas so they went the "Gorefest" route and completely chickened out of making what could have been a classic if it was done right.Remember how perfectly the original Alien movie slowly but surely built wicked tension and it never released you from that tension? Remember how uncomfortable that movie made you feel for almost the whole running time? This film started that way.... it was very creepy and made me feel uneasy. Just like Alien. However, Alien never let up and did NOT turn into a pointless gore-fest like this movie did. Too bad, it really is.Not Recommended... but rent it, dont buy it if you have to see it