Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 4.0
A Must See!
This movie wastes no time getting things rolling! As the movie opens, a group of female adventurists are ending thier whitewater rafting trip. After what appears to be a weird moment between Juno (Natalie Mendoza) and Paul (Oliver Milburn), which is Sarah's (Shauna Macdonald) husband. On their drive home, Paul and their daughter Jessica (Molly Kayll) are brutally killed in an automobile accident. Sarah wakes up in the hospital to learn of her family's demise.A year later the group meets again for a cave expedition intended to strengthen their friendship once again, and to help Sarah heal, as everything is still reminding her of her loved ones. What everyone doesn't know is that Juno, an experienced climber, has changed locations to a different cave because it has never been charted. She figures the group could then name their "discovery".Once in the cave, the women realize just how beautiful it is. What they don't realize is how ugly its going to get. As the group gets moving and starts to crawl through a claustrophobic tunnel, they soon get cut off from their only known way out after a small cave in blocks their path. Looking to Juno for answers, panic sets in as they realize her intentions. And that she doesn't have any answers.The movie sustains an unrelenting tension as the group must try to figure out how they are getting out of the cave. The lack of lighting solidifies each individual's horror of the dark and unknown. But worse than that, they begin to hear movement. No longer the peaceful sounds of water lazily dripping. Something is scurrying around them, and its fast. Or is there more than one?Before long, one of these creatures are actually seen by Sarah. The rest of the group finds it incomprehensible that there was even the slightest chance of anything living down this far. That is, until they find the feeding grounds.It's a fight for survival until the bitter end, between the Crawlers and the girls, and between Sarah and Juno. The movie captures your attention early and hooks you deep, without the need for gore. The good stuff is saved until the end. The great flow of this movie is how well it keeps you in until the ending bloody climax.And there is one last mindblower at the end ...[...]