The Descent: Part Two
Rated R
(strong bloody horror violence, extreme gore, grisly images, terror and language)
1 hour 34 minutes
Storyline:
In this gruesome thriller, blood-drenched Sarah Carter (Shauna MacDonald) surfaces as the lone escapee from the savage cave-dwelling Crawlers that terrorized her and five others. Traumatized and unable to explain the nightmare, she must return to help find her friends. But it's not long before the search team becomes the Crawlers' fresh prey. And Sarah once again battles to cheat death, as she clings to the hope that her friends are alive. Sequel to the 2005 film, The Descent.
Cast:
Shauna MacDonald
Natalie Jackson Mendoza
Krysten Cummings
Critics Grade:
55% *(limited reviews)
My Grade:
B
In 2005, The Descent was one of, if not my favorite horror movie of the year. It might even be in my top 10 or 15 favorite horror movies of all time. It was fresh, and for the first two thirds, it was very subtle. The scares, at least for me, came from the scenes of these girls narrowly crawling through extremely tight spaces. I'm claustrophobic, so when I see people in those situations...it creeps me the hell out. The last act of the first film is all about the monsters and the gore. While I'm not a huge fan of gore fests...I liked it in the first movie. It didn't take up the WHOLE movie. Now we have a sequel, or I guess you can say...a continuation. This movie picks up exactly where the last one left off. The one (as far as we know) survivor from the horrific spelunking expedition, Sarah is found and hospitalized. Town authorities are now trying to find her 5 friends and some believe Sarah is a suspect in their disappearance. They essentially make her go back into these caves with a new group of people on a rescue mission to find her friends.
In terms of formula, this movie is basically no different from the original film. There aren't any surprises, and you know exactly what's going on. There's no intricate storyline and not a whole ton of dialog. The only thing that's different really is most of the cast. And no shocker here...they are all picked off one by one. You have to expect that. If this were a sequel that took place years later, I might not have liked the unoriginal formula. But this is a movie continuing the story from the first movie so the formula makes sense. They don't waste time (like a lot of horror sequels) trying to delve into some stupid back story of these creatures. As a matter of fact, but movie's end we still have no clue what they are and where they came from. But who cares? That's the thrill of the tale. And they are still out there by the film's end...expect another sequel. So I liked that.
There's a lot more blood and gore here, because it start's FAIRLY early on in the film. Sometimes it might have been to much, but eh, I didn't mind. This movie was entertaining. It was at times tense, I won't lie. What I did miss was a lot of the unsettling scenes of crawling through tight spots...there's only a few parts of that here. That to me was scarier than the monsters...who are pretty creepy looking...and quite gross. The action was good, there were a few pretty awesome fight scenes between the people and the creatures. I can't really critique the acting...because there barely was any. If you think about it...there isn't a whole ton of speaking in this movie. Just a whole lot of yelling and running. But for what it's worth, the acting was pretty decent.
Overall...this is a very worthy sequel. Not as fresh or original as the first film, but I didn't see much wrong with this one. So I liked it! It was good...for me at least.
Rated R
(strong bloody horror violence, extreme gore, grisly images, terror and language)
1 hour 34 minutes
Storyline:
In this gruesome thriller, blood-drenched Sarah Carter (Shauna MacDonald) surfaces as the lone escapee from the savage cave-dwelling Crawlers that terrorized her and five others. Traumatized and unable to explain the nightmare, she must return to help find her friends. But it's not long before the search team becomes the Crawlers' fresh prey. And Sarah once again battles to cheat death, as she clings to the hope that her friends are alive. Sequel to the 2005 film, The Descent.
Cast:
Shauna MacDonald
Natalie Jackson Mendoza
Krysten Cummings
Critics Grade:
55% *(limited reviews)
My Grade:
B
In 2005, The Descent was one of, if not my favorite horror movie of the year. It might even be in my top 10 or 15 favorite horror movies of all time. It was fresh, and for the first two thirds, it was very subtle. The scares, at least for me, came from the scenes of these girls narrowly crawling through extremely tight spaces. I'm claustrophobic, so when I see people in those situations...it creeps me the hell out. The last act of the first film is all about the monsters and the gore. While I'm not a huge fan of gore fests...I liked it in the first movie. It didn't take up the WHOLE movie. Now we have a sequel, or I guess you can say...a continuation. This movie picks up exactly where the last one left off. The one (as far as we know) survivor from the horrific spelunking expedition, Sarah is found and hospitalized. Town authorities are now trying to find her 5 friends and some believe Sarah is a suspect in their disappearance. They essentially make her go back into these caves with a new group of people on a rescue mission to find her friends.
In terms of formula, this movie is basically no different from the original film. There aren't any surprises, and you know exactly what's going on. There's no intricate storyline and not a whole ton of dialog. The only thing that's different really is most of the cast. And no shocker here...they are all picked off one by one. You have to expect that. If this were a sequel that took place years later, I might not have liked the unoriginal formula. But this is a movie continuing the story from the first movie so the formula makes sense. They don't waste time (like a lot of horror sequels) trying to delve into some stupid back story of these creatures. As a matter of fact, but movie's end we still have no clue what they are and where they came from. But who cares? That's the thrill of the tale. And they are still out there by the film's end...expect another sequel. So I liked that.
There's a lot more blood and gore here, because it start's FAIRLY early on in the film. Sometimes it might have been to much, but eh, I didn't mind. This movie was entertaining. It was at times tense, I won't lie. What I did miss was a lot of the unsettling scenes of crawling through tight spots...there's only a few parts of that here. That to me was scarier than the monsters...who are pretty creepy looking...and quite gross. The action was good, there were a few pretty awesome fight scenes between the people and the creatures. I can't really critique the acting...because there barely was any. If you think about it...there isn't a whole ton of speaking in this movie. Just a whole lot of yelling and running. But for what it's worth, the acting was pretty decent.
Overall...this is a very worthy sequel. Not as fresh or original as the first film, but I didn't see much wrong with this one. So I liked it! It was good...for me at least.
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