Review of The Descent (2005) by Riche. — 16 Aug 2006
[***SPOILERS***] For me, it's a mixed bag. I liked the closed, claustrophobic effect (personally, I hate being in that situation, but I liked seeing it on the screen). It added to the tension and horror of the film and helped set things up well.
The movie did have it's shocking moments and handled that well. And, in general, I could understand the characters' motivations in their situation and how their attitude changes occurred. On the other side, I didn't get how the tragedy that occurred in the beginning applied to rest of the movie.
Why couldn't the movie just have started with the women taking a trip to Appalacia to have an adventure caving? And more needed to be developed in the relationship between the two main characters, Sarah and Juno, to have the events of the latter part of the movie make more of an impact.
And yes, the cave monsters are Gollum X 1000, which we've seen before.
This review of The Descent (2005) was written by Riche. on 16 Aug 2006.
The Descent has generally received positive reviews.
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