Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 3.0
Probably Overrated, 3.5 stars
This film's pretty good, nothing great but not bad either. IMO, all the high ratings this movie got are partly due to the lack of quality horror films which makes this look excellent in comparison. But its not scary at all; the film uses a lot of the typical, cheap boo type scare scenes that won't get you too jumpy unless you're a complete horror flick noob.There were elements of the film that I really did like though. Its a really dark film (yeah duh its in a cave) and the claustrophobia was done to good effect. I felt more queasy watching the movie cuz of that than anything else. One scene I felt was done very well was when the main character falls down into the monsters' pit, completely dark, and essentially uses the camcorder as her set of eyes. On a side note, the US ending is lousy...completely typical and cliched type horror movie ending. The real ending gives the film deeper meaning and also opens up other possibilities to what really happened in the film.