The Descent (2005)
Dir: Neil Marshall
Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Alex Reid, et al.
Plot: After Sarah (Macdonald) tragically loses her family in a car accident, her extreme-sports friends try to cheer her up by doing what they usually do and that's go for that next adreniline rush. This time they decide to explore a cave that goes seemingly endlessly. After the intial excitement settles and the cave behind them collapse, it becomes a task of survival. Not only from the harsh conditions down below, but from, something or someone that seems to be down here with them...
rating: 3 out of 5.
I don't know why...but I was looking forward to this one. It's not anything groundbreaking, or anything like that, but the it seemed really intense and frightening. Perhaps, for that reason, the movie was a little bit of a let down. It wasn't bad. In fact it was far from that. It's just that it could have been a lot better. Then again, I maybe expecting too much for this type of movie.
The pretty much unknown cast works to perfection, because none of them stand out like they would be the 'hero'. They are flawed characters, and they go in depth enough to let you know, how they may react in the situation, thus making the movie more believeable. At least until the last third of the movie. The survival instincts seem to kick in and one of the characters turns 'medival' on their ass. lol.
But the film is well made, it is in fact very tense and have you grabbing a hold of the person next to you, or at least on the edge of your seat. It is almost suffocating to see the characters squeezing their way deeper and deeper into the cave. It's a horror movie by nature, but an intense thriller at heart...
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