Review of Descent (2007) by Patricia H — 13 Dec 2011
After directing the underrated and little known 'Dog Soldiers', British director Neil Marshall steps up his game even farther in this one. Stylish, well written and pretty frightening to boot.
The movie is pretty evenly divided into two halves, splitting up when the creatures get involved. For my money, the movie is even creepier beforehand. Its exceedingly claustrophobic and uneasy. If you can think of a more unnerving situation than being stuck in a partially submerged rock tunnel the size of a car tire two miles underground in pitch darkness, I'd like to hear it.
The monsters are creepy and realistic, but after the completely realistic terror of the first half, the monsters seem slightly out of place. I'd also complain that after a relatively non-gory first half, the gore in the 2nd act is excessive, although realistic and well done. All in all, this is a great piece of modern horror, although in this instance, I think Marshall could have recognized that sometimes less is more.
This review of Descent (2007) was written by Patricia H on 13 Dec 2011.
Descent has generally received mixed reviews.
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