Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 1.0
Not that good!
Frankly, this movie was o.k at best. It's nothing to stand up and cheer, or rant and rave about. It's not some grand piece of cinema that's gonna make an impact on the world. It's not outstanding or a masterpiece. It doesn't have any superb actors to brag about. Nor, does it has any stunning special effects or cinematography. Frankly, I don't see what all the rave reviews are about, but I guess it's a matter of taste in this case, and this movie did leave a bad taste in my mouth. I really don't know what this movie was trying to prove besides the main characters could fight. True enough, they were women, and they were tough, but I'm not impressed by that becuase so are plenty other female leading ladies. This movie is just the female empowered version of "The Cave" with Cole Hauser. Only it's not as good, and it's a helluva lot bloodier. At least in "The Cave" they tried to explain to you what happened, and how those "cave monsters" became those "cave monsters", but this movie doesn't even do that. I hate it when they just throw me into the deep end of the movie without showing me how they got to that point first. I still have too many unanswered questions. Like, what the hell were those things? That's what I wanted to know more than anything, but they never explained it. How did they get down there? Afterall, were they mutated humans?, were they parasites?, were they aliens? I'm sorry, but I didn't just wanna see "cave monsters" flying and jumping around in the dark like acrobats without any kind of explaination. I mean, for all I know they could've been "pod people", "body snatchers" or "seed people". I know that might seem like a stretch, but this whole movie is a stretch. For me, the ending was just a teaser. What the hell was that about? Were they trying to say that the only survivor that we thought made it out of the cave didn't really get away, but she only dreamed she got away. Don't even get me started on the fact that they started leaving each other for dead. Why were these girls friends again? At any rate, needless to say, I wasn't impressed, nor did I like anything about this movie. Then again, this is just an opinion, and we all know what they are like.