The Descent Part 2

MEGA-ACTING! (Just kidding. No, that's just screaming.)

Over there on the Ain’t It Cool News I reviewed the new straight to DVD sequel to THE DESCENT. The bad news is that it’s not from the director of the original, the good news is that it’s not from the director of DOOMSDAY.

Well, anyway, you’ll see what I think when you read the review. But please take special note of the authentic spelunking lingo used in the headline. They don’t always use my headlines over there but in this case they did. I researched that shit. It was awesome.

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13 Responses to “The Descent Part 2”

PacmanFever
April 27th, 2010 at 1:30 am

You know it’s a shame Nic Cage isn’t called Nic Cave, then you could have called one of your future books “Spelunking: Exploring the Mega-Acting of Nick Cave” or something.

Anyway I wasn’t all that bothered about the original “Descent”. I mean it was OK, but it certainly didn’t live up to the “best horror of the decade!” level enthusiasm it recieved for me. I’m all for building suspense, but parts of that movie just seemed excessively drawn out.
PacmanFever
April 27th, 2010 at 1:31 am

Oh and this was given a fairly major theatrical release in the UK incidentally, though it didn’t do all that well.
Jareth Cutestory
April 27th, 2010 at 8:18 am

PacmanFever: If you’ve ever heard the songs “Tupelo” or “Up Jumped the Devil,” a case could be argued that Australian singer Nick Cave is a Mega Singer.
Sabreman
April 27th, 2010 at 8:46 am

Didn’t a similar movie (The Cave) come out the same year? I seem to recall getting the impression that The Descent was much better, based on reading commentary on both.
Stuntcock Mike
April 27th, 2010 at 9:39 am

Doomsday kinda won me over by the third viewing(don’t ask me why I watched it 3 times)
RRA
April 27th, 2010 at 9:40 am

Sabreman – It was. For some reason the ending was changed in America to a stupid jump scare. Does that shit actually work outside of CARRIE and FRIDAY THE 13TH? The UK ending was aces.
dieselboy
April 27th, 2010 at 10:34 am

Hmmm…think I may check this out now that I’ve read your review. Loved the first one, maybe not the best of the decade but def one of the strongest horror films of 2005 along with Devils Rejects and Land of the Dead. The fact that you didn’t want to kill this movie with fire even though it’s a re-hash means there must be enough good moments to merit a viewing. And seriously, there just aren’t enough horror films coming out this time of year anyway.
dan
April 27th, 2010 at 3:33 pm

jareth speaks the truth.
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April 27th, 2010 at 4:51 pm

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SDAL
April 27th, 2010 at 10:32 pm

Maybe I’ll see it, but I think I’d rather wait for the proposed sequels to come out and then see all three in a row.
frankbooth
April 27th, 2010 at 11:13 pm

This sounds like a bad idea, period.

The only way to do a sequel to a film like this is to do an entirely new story with the same creatures and premise, possibly in a different location. (If they exist in one place, they can exist in another.) You know, like they should have done with JAWS.
Sabreman
April 28th, 2010 at 9:33 am

They could do it in a city, in the sewers. And call it, I dunno, Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Descenders. Or something like that.
Paul
April 29th, 2010 at 6:34 pm

Sabreman – I’d watch it.

I liked the first one, although I saw the “UK” ending, which I understand is different to the US version.