A claustrophobic, creepy popcorn flick that compensates for predictable scares with deliciously disgusting moments involving a whole spectrum of bodily fluids.
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12/08/09
The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:11
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5/10
Rated: 18
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:04-12-2009
Synopsis: This sequel to Neil Marshall’s surprise shocker of 2006 promises to make audiences scream as much as its predecessor did. Beginning just moments after the end of the previous film, THE DESCENT 2... [More]
Starring: Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Mendoza, Douglas Hodge, Krysten Cummings
Director: Jon Harris
Reviews for The Descent: Part 2
An uninspired retread of a horror classic, this tries hard to justify its existence... and fails.
12/04/09
Top CriticHarris’s direction is messy, favouring confusing set-piece scares over the all-important group dynamics.
12/04/09
Top CriticIt delivers the goods as they say. A third film is surely on the cards, no doubt in 3D. But in order to retain any good will, this series is going to have to do the one thing our Crawler friends have demonstrably failed to do. Evolve.
12/04/09
Top CriticThe first-time director Jon Harris recreates the sense of airless, claustrophobic panic that worked so effectively the first time around and cranks up the yuck factor exponentially.
12/04/09
Top CriticIt's efficient, and workmanlike enough, but the spark of inspiration that won fans for the first film seems to me pretty much gone.
12/04/09
Top CriticThe last half-hour is a tense team scramble to get out, and stay out, but the best move in this above-par shocker is digging right back into the claustrophobic emotional traumas which made Part 1 so thrilling.
12/04/09
Top CriticAt one point they even clamber over the corpses of the original film’s victims to get to safety. It’s not, on reflection, a bad metaphor for the entire enterprise.
12/04/09
The fact that she looks like Carrie will only serve as a reminder that they just don't make 'em like they used to. This is what you call 'plumbing the depths...'
12/04/09
Even without the original element of surprise, Harris keeps nerves jangling and leaves no stomach unturned on an unrelenting seesaw between uneasy silence and grisly bedlam.
12/04/09
Clunky start apart, an efficient, grisly splatter sequel that’s fine as far as it goes, but doesn’t go far enough. For best results, engineer your own memory loss before going in.
12/04/09
Competent film-making renders the film watchable but it's silly in essence and there's nothing the cast can do about that, however hard they scream.
12/04/09
Bigger looking but less frightening.
12/04/09
It's strong on claustrophobia, but extremely weak on characterisation, so it's not terribly involving.
12/04/09
Boasting plenty of gore in some suspiciously well-lit caves, fans of the original will find little to complain about.
12/04/09
The characters here are such idiots that you can't wait to see them get chewed up.
12/04/09
Even acknowledging its flimsy credibility and recycled stalk-and-seize tropes, I still jumped out of my seat a couple of times, so the film-makers can probably give themselves a pat on the back: job done.
12/04/09
If you've watched The Descent already, you won't get anything new out of this. And if you've not watched The Descent already, just watch The Descent.
12/04/09
Descent: Part 2 completely destroys the first film's ambiguous tone.
12/04/09
Watchable sequel that lacks the depth and psychological complexity of the original but still delivers the requisite amount of shocks and gore.
12/03/09
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