Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 4.0
Good, But It Has Its Flaws
First of all, this is definitely one of the better horror movies to come out in years. Horror movies lately just seem redundant and extremely unoriginal; TCM: The Beginning anyone?Anyways, this a movie actually worth sitting through. The best part to it is its environment. The tight spaces that the girls have to work there way through is just amazing. If you are claustrophobic, just imagine yourself crawling through them little rock tunnels and having part of the cave collapse all around you. Scary eh? The plot is pretty average. There isn't really anything special about it, but it makes for an entertaining watch. The acting is surprisingly above par for an non-All-Star cast. The movie can also be suspenseful at times, but that is mainly due to the environment in my opinion. I was kind of disappointed with the monsters. They just didn't really heighten the fright-factor to the movie at all. The one thing they did heighten was the gore factor, which is satisfying to the gore hounds. Something that I couldn't help but notice multiple times in this flick and is so redundant with lots of other horror movies as well that I am getting really tired of is the CLASH-BANG scare techniques. Can you not be any more unoriginal?But overall, despite the many minor flaws, this movie is a good watch. It is alot better than the other crapola that has been coming out the past couple years.Oh, one more thing. When jessica falls and hits her head near the end of the movie, she starts dreaming. Sorry but when you are knocked out like that, you can't dream. Dreaming occurs in REM sleep, and there is no way in Hell Jessica is sleeping. (These comments go for the French version of the movie. I don't know how the U.S version concluded.)3 1/2 stars