Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 4.0
Really quite amazing.
In the tired genre of Scream and Dimension type film crapola and Saw run-on nonsense that saturates the market in its entirety, it was a remarkable surprise to witness the true realism in a film that is anything but. Using all females in every lead role was certainly refreshing and I think it worked. As a whole, I think most movie lovers can't be frightened anymore, everything is used up, everything is wasted, tried, re-tried, tired, and regurgatated. That said, I wasn't scared with The Descent, and safe to say nor was I terriried in any aspect, but the movie delivers for stunning special effects. The scenes in the belly of carcasses and pools of blood and remains was truly remarkable and very finely done indeed. The monsters were keen, but not shrewd, nor new in any aspect. I wont give anything away if you are reading this, (and most likely you aren't), but the scene at the end had me actually sitting up rooting her on, jibbering and squiggling in my seat. That rarely has happened since seeing E.T. in the theatres when the bad men are chasing after Henry Thomas and friends on their BMX's.What really got me into the film, was really believing that I was actually crawling through the small chunnels with the broads, and for what it's worth, isn't that what cinema is supposed to do to us: transport us away from reality and into the surreal.On one other sidenote, A. Sandoc's comment that there were hints of Asia Argento in the film, is a bit ridiculous.