Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 2.0
Boogeyman of my childhood nightmares was scarier . . .
Remember the end of that nightmare? When you're cornered, nowhere left to run -- your brain commands your feet to run, your hands to fight, but you're frozen in place. You're body won't obey your mind's commands. You open your mouth to scream, but nothing comes out. And just as you're about to be eaten alive, you wake up sitting straight up in bed, soaked in sweat, your mouth open in a silent scream . . . . . . . . . . . . . sorry, this movie won't take you there. This had good scare potential -- trapped in a cave with unknown creatures lurking about, but it went downhill once the real action began. Yes, the scenes are dark & shadowy. It's in a cave! I don't have any complaints about the lighting. It adds to the atmosphere. Anyone, who's been in a cave, knows that lighting and filming in a cave, while maintaining realism would be challenging. I agree with some of the other reviewers -- the Enquirer's bat boy was stolen! The cave monsters were a little too humanoid, and lacked the physical adaptations for their apparent abilities -- claws, large ears, large, powerful jaws, large canines, maybe some sticky, gecko-like feet, etc. Sure, these women might be physically fit, and it might've even made for some good film footage, but they'd be no match for prehistoric, meat-eating, underground cave dwellers! The last scene between Sarah & Juno -- what the?! After Juno went back for Sarah, no less! You wouldn't wanna go spelunking (or anything else) with friends like these. Vengeance for what? The accidental death of another friend as Juno fought for her life while everyone else fled like rats before an earthquake, simultaneously abandoning an injured friend and leaving Juno to fight alone. It's each woman for herself in this movie -- a good way to get yourself killed. And if none of that makes this movie annoying enough, there's still the wishy washy ending. You're left wondering how it really ended. Did she or didn't she?? A big let down after so many rave reviews here. Doesn't live up to the hype.