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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Jim Emerson)Chicago Sun-Times (Jim Emerson)
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmfacts (Andreas Edler)filmfacts (Andreas Edler)
...read the complete Descent movie review at filmfacts (Andreas Edler)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Future Movies (Ed Colley)Future Movies (Ed Colley)
Before I start reviewing The Descent, the second major feature from Dog Soldiers director Neil Marshall, I feel a slight confession might be in order: I scare really easily. Show me any kind of horror film, no matter how badly acted, poorly shot or ...read the complete Descent movie review at Future Movies (Ed Colley)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Empire MoviesEmpire Movies
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Bloody-DistgustingBloody-Distgusting
Neil Marshall has proven with The Descent that he knows horror films better than most of us as he has taken us for a ride that we’ll never forget. This film will go down as one of the best horror films in the past few years and I ...read the complete Descent movie review at Bloody-Distgusting
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
It is not often a horror film approaches the genre with complete sincerity. Most often times there is gratuitous gore and unnecessary nudity (not complaining) to let us all know that we are in fact watching a horror. This is typically due to the flimsy ...read the complete Descent movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
It's the most intense, unpredictable and thrilling cinematic experience I've had the pleasure to squirm through in ages. ...read the complete Descent movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
I can't recommend enough watching The Descent in a theatre. Seeing it at a packed midnight showing, it was easy to be reminded why it's so important to see a movie like this on the big screen and with other people. The group screams and the laughter are ...read the complete Descent movie review at Reel.com
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
But that's the movie's only letdown, and maybe it's just as well. If there were any more suspense, the film might be lethal. This is good old-fashioned terror here, bloody and frightening and skin-crawlingly spooky. You may never go spelunking in ...read the complete Descent movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Bloody-DistgustingBloody-Distgusting
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
The British have a way of pulling off horror films with a kind of class that impresses film critics who are ordinarily not well disposed toward the American variety. Such is certainly the case with The Descent. Associated Press critic David German ...read the complete Descent movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)
The other day; while I was tidying the shelves of the Blockbusters I work at, a strange thought hit me. We have an entire section dedicated to horror there and none of the films appeal to me. I realized that no matter how popular the horror genre is, ...read the complete Descent movie review at MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
This is also when the filmic allusions start piling up into their own sort of zombie brigade: scare quotes, if you like, from Don't Look Now, Carrie, Apocalypse Now, The Blair Witch Project, the Gollum sequences in ...read the complete Descent movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
In both that sense and on more esoteric levels, The Descent represents one of the true joys of moviegoing. Here's a film that lacks a huge star, receives comparatively little press coverage, and has a budget that probably wouldn't pay for ...read the complete Descent movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
British writer/director Neil Marshall ("Dog Soldiers") was lucky that his film was released in Britain last summer over a month before the similarly themed Hollywood release "The Cave." American audiences subjected to that film should be assured in no ...read the complete Descent movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for DVD ConfidentialDVD Confidential
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.64 out of 4 stars for Portland Oregonian (M. E. Russell)Portland Oregonian (M. E. Russell)
A nasty little tube of frozen horror concentrate. ...read the complete Descent movie review at Portland Oregonian (M. E. Russell)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.64 out of 4 stars for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
No disrespect for my own gender is intended when I say that women are traditionally the shriekier sex in horror movies. And sure enough, some of the femme adventure junkies who willingly climb into a foreboding, unmapped cave deep in the ...read the complete Descent movie review at Entertainment Weekly
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood Reporter
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Though the film's downbeat ending was softened for U.S. release, it's still a long way from happy. ...read the complete Descent movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Now for the big question: Why do some films work, while others that are almost exactly the same don't? Now I'm not talking ripoff here, no. Both films were made about the ...read the complete Descent movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Neil Marshall’s follow-up to Dog Soldiers is a smartly written, atmospheric horror film with an attractive cast and a gleefully inventive streak of gore running through it.The Descent is British writer-director Neil Marshall’s eagerly-awaited follow-up ...read the complete Descent movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Adam Frazier)MovieWeb (Adam Frazier)
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
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Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (David Thomas)filmcritic.com (David Thomas)
A huge hit last summer in its native Britain, writer/director Neil Marshall's The Descent finally hits the States with a compelling mix of action and horror. Not since Aliens have the two genres fit so seamlessly, if on a much smaller scale here. ...read the complete Descent movie review at filmcritic.com (David Thomas)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
This dark labyrinth of trauma, treachery and troglodytes sets terrifying traps for the mind. ...read the complete Descent movie review at Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for FilmFocus.Co.UK (Scott Andrews)FilmFocus.Co.UK (Scott Andrews)
The writer/director of The Descent, Neil Marshall, has already got the excellent Dog Soldiers to his name, and he follows that all-male slasher flick with this all-female one that ups gore and tones down the humour.This is, quite simply, the bloodiest ...read the complete Descent movie review at FilmFocus.Co.UK (Scott Andrews)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
A word to the wise -- “The Descent” is not for the faint-of-heart.  It's gruesome, violent and scary as hell, and it will probably make you sick to your stomach -- that is, if you can last long enough to make it through the entire ...read the complete Descent movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movies for GuysMovies for Guys
The amount of blood and gore is also quite impressive, and it's good old-fashioned effects work and not the pansy-ass CGI that we've gotten used to these days. The only thing missing is a few nude scenes. You'd think with a movie all about ...read the complete Descent movie review at Movies for Guys
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for SF, Horror and Fantasy Film ReviewSF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
English director Neil Marshall seems a promising new talent on the verge of arriving in a big way. Neil Marshall began working in the industry as an editor and then co-wrote Killing Time (1998), a black comedy about ...read the complete Descent movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Descent, The (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
Brutal, bloody, terrifying, astonishing... And so tense it'll leave you aching. The most significant Brit chiller since 28 Days Later. ...read the complete Descent movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
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by cory on February 23, 2009 Ogden, Utah
With so many bland generic horror films to come out in the past few years, I avoided watching this one. However, I finally gave it a chance after reading some raving reviews, I gave in and took the descent. Parts of the film are typical to vampire ...
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by Tetramobile on July 17, 2009 New York, New York
I don't know why people love this movie. I think it's because they think it's an indie film and they need to get behind this. True, it's an indie film, but it's also a horrible film. I was so bored watching it. Just not ...
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Descent, The (2005) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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Descent, The (2005) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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