What's the worst than can happen when you go caving? You might re-think that question after you watch this movie. Look out for the underlings next time your on a rope heading down in to the darkness below.
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Dolby DTS 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary, Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: The babes are buff and the scares bountiful in "The Descent," a full-throttle horror freakout about six women on a caving expedition. This is the second feature from the British filmmaker Neil Marshall, who four years ago set loose a pack of protein-starved werewolves in "Dog Soldiers," tossing in some explosions and novelty-shop entrails along the way. In the years since, Mr. Marshall has learned a couple of important lessons, notably that for sheer visceral impact, few images beat that of a woman slicked head to toe in blood - think "Carrie" - save for, of course, the image of that same woman unleashing unholy terror. If "The Descent" boils down to little more than the survival of the fittest (and nastiest), a Darwinian soap opera for the Just Do It generation, it is also indisputably and pleasurably nerve-jangling. The American edition comes with a nominally more upbeat ending than the British original, but it's basically just kill or be killed, and with as much eyeball-gouging, neck-gnawing, head-bashing and outright fear-mongering as possible. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: British Independent Film Awards, ...The Descent ( Crawlspace )
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