Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 2.0
Did we see the same movie?
I really wanted to like this movie but The Descent was a huge predictable bore snorefest. We have six women unknowingly going off into uncharted caves thanks to their egotistic leader who decides the map book isn't necessary. Throw in the predictable rockslide which traps them inside a cave infested with half human blood thirsty creatures and we watch as the women get devoured. However, before this happens we have to sit through a good 40 minutes of character development and cheap scares. BOO! Someone jumps out at someone else and laughs. BAM! A swarm of bats rush out of a cave. BOING! A pipe bursts through a window, skewering someone but wait they wake up and it's just a dream. The soundtrack was annoying and absolutely inappropriate, rising string sections and orchestrations do not set a creepy or scary mood and the tragic accident in the beginning really had nothing to do with the overall story. It was a cheap way to throw in some blood and set up the fact that one character was sleeping with the others husband (which explains what she does in the end) but was it necessary? No, and don't worry this little snippet of information does not ruin the movie in anyway, shape or form. It succeeds in doing that on its own. The Descent is rife with clichés (I saw the end coming a mile away), inconsistencies and improbabilities. My friend I saw this with jumped at every canned scare as I laughed and shook my head. The gore is good for those gorehounds out there but overall the entire film falls flat on its hopeful face. Checkout out the website for the real ending used in Europe which was cut out for the American release because we like our happy endings, don't we? Run, don't walk, as far away from this movie as you can, save your 10 bucks and wait for it come out on DVD