Weird, twisted and suspenseful! (spoilers)
Written: Jan 31 '08 (Updated Feb 01 '08)
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Pros: Good story line, Suspense
Cons: Creatures
The Bottom Line: Would recommend for anyone who wants a good suspenseful movie
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| mmspurge's Full Review: The Descent |
Ok, so this movie looked very intriguing from the previews. Let me warn you this may contain spoilers! It's about a group of girls who go on an adventure! Sounds fun right? They go and find a cave and descend down into it. Again...no harm? They then cut the rope that took them down and say there is only one way out. Ok, they are experienced at this so again no big deal.
The reason the girls are on this trip is because earlier Sarah(who is the main character) loses her family in a tragic car accident. The girls decide she needs something fun in her life (months later of course) and take her on this trip. Her best friend Juno invites her and several of their friends along. Juno was there right before the crash of her family as well.
So in the cave they are having a good time until they realize they are lost. They must go through cramped spaces and a rock wall crumbles which means they cannot go back the way they came in. Sarah and the girls realize that Juno led them down here under false pretenses and this cave was actually never discovered. She wanted to be the one to discover it and be able to name it. Wow, what a great friend.
So they continue through the cave when they hear weird noises and see weird things. It's these creepy little creatures who look like Gollum from lord of the rings. They somehow all get split up and have to fight off these creatures. Many of the girls die. Probably one of the craziest scenes is when Juno is just done attacking all these creatures with her pick axe and hears a noise so she swings and nails her friend Beth right in the throat and then leaves but Beth grabs Juno's necklace. Sarah continues on after finding many of her friends dead. She hides in a pool of blood to escape the freaky monsters. She finds Beth with the pick axe and Beth hands her the necklace. This is a great moment because you learn that Sarah's husband and Juno were having an affair. Ouch! Sarah has had a hard time, losing her adulterer husband, her child, and her friends.
So, in the end it is just Juno and Sarah and they see light at the end of the cave. They continue to fight off the creatures together and then realize they can both be free. Sarah then takes the pick axe and puts it in Juno's leg. Yes! I love this part because that is the ultimate revenge!
Now, there are two different endings to this movie. The US version has Sarah escape and fall into a hole only to wake up and run to the car. She gets in the car and then looks up and there is Juno. End. The UK version is the same except after screaming she realizes she is still in the cave with no hope of getting out.
The acting was decent and I do not know if I would call it horror. The creatures could have been scarier. I really liked the story line though!
Recommended:
Yes
Movie Mood: Scary Movie
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