|
The Descent: Part 2 (2009) 5.8
Refusing to believe her story about cave-dwelling monsters, the sole survivor of a spelunking exploration gone horribly wrong is forced to follow the authorities back into the caves where something awaits. Director:Jon Harris |
| Watch Trailer 0Share... |
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Learn more
People who liked this also liked...
The Cave
(2005)
Action
|
Adventure
|
Horror
Director:
Bruce Hunt
Stars:
Cole Hauser,
Eddie Cibrian,
Morris Chestnut
Horror
|
Thriller
Director:
Rob Schmidt
Stars:
Desmond Harrington,
Eliza Dushku,
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Rogue
(2007)
Action
|
Adventure
|
Horror
Director:
Greg Mclean
Stars:
Radha Mitchell,
Michael Vartan,
Sam Worthington
The Ruins
(2008)
Horror
|
Thriller
Director:
Carter Smith
Stars:
Jonathan Tucker,
Jena Malone,
Laura Ramsey
28 Weeks Later
(2007)
Horror
|
Sci-Fi
|
Thriller
Director:
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Stars:
Robert Carlyle,
Rose Byrne,
Jeremy Renner
The Hills Have Eyes
(2006)
Horror
|
Thriller
Director:
Alexandre Aja
Stars:
Kathleen Quinlan,
Emilie de Ravin,
Dan Byrd
[Rec] ²
(2009)
Horror
Directors:
Jaume Balagueró,
Paco Plaza
Stars:
Jonathan D. Mellor,
Óscar Zafra,
Ariel Casas
Final Destination 2
(2003)
Horror
|
Mystery
Director:
David R. Ellis
Stars:
Ali Larter,
A.J. Cook,
Michael Landes
Final Destination
(2000)
Horror
|
Mystery
Director:
James Wong
Stars:
Devon Sawa,
Ali Larter,
Kerr Smith
30 Days of Night
(2007)
Horror
|
Thriller
Director:
David Slade
Stars:
Josh Hartnett,
Melissa George,
Danny Huston
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(2003)
Horror
Director:
Marcus Nispel
Stars:
Jessica Biel,
Jonathan Tucker,
Erica Leerhsen
Horror
|
Thriller
Director:
Jonathan Liebesman
Stars:
Jordana Brewster,
Taylor Handley,
Diora Baird
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael J. Reynolds | ... |
Ed Oswald
|
|
| Shauna Macdonald | ... | ||
 |
Jessika Williams | ... |
Susanne Small
|
| Douglas Hodge | ... |
Dan
|
|
| Josh Dallas | ... |
Greg
(as Joshua Dallas)
|
|
| Anna Skellern | ... |
Cath
|
|
| Gavan O'Herlihy | ... |
Vaines
|
|
|
|
Krysten Cummings | ... |
Ellen Rios
|
| Doug Ballard | ... |
Doctor Roger Payne
|
|
|
|
Josh Cole | ... |
Lynch
|
| Saskia Mulder | ... | ||
| Natalie Mendoza | ... | ||
| Alex Reid | ... | ||
| Nora-Jane Noone | ... | ||
| MyAnna Buring | ... | ||
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions. As the rescue party drives deeper into uncharted caverns, nightmarish visions of the recent past begin to haunt Sarah and she starts to realize the full horror and futility of the mission. Subjected to the suspicion and mistrust of the group and confronted once more by the inbred, feral and savagely ruthless Crawlers, Sarah must draw on all her inner reserves of strength and courage in a desperate final struggle for deliverance and redemption. Written by informedsource
Taglines:
Fear runs deep. Revenge runs deeper. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, grisly images, terror and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
View content advisory »
Edit
See more »
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 December 2009 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
El descenso 2 See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
£313,739 (UK) (4 December 2009)Gross:
£587,087 (UK) (11 December 2009)Company Credits
Show detailed
company contact information
on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Color:
ColorAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
Edit
See more »
Did You Know?
Goofs
Dirt on Sarah's face (her right side, mouth/cheek area) comes and goes between shots as she is sitting and talking to the rescue team underground. See more »Quotes
Sarah Carter: Everything you just said, you tell it to her face. We're not dead yet.See more »
The Descent was a movie that really didn't seem as if it needed a sequel. Yet here is this sequel to prove that . . . . . it really didn't.
Things follow on immediately from the end of the first movie but, be warned, it's the unliked, inferior ending that this movie chooses to go with and not the UK ending that so impressed fans. People are searching for the girls who went spelunking and, when they come across a lead, they decide to band together and enter the very cave system that others didn't return from. Makes sense (please, please register the sarcasm there).
This movie is not a terrible movie and would have been more palatable if adapted into something more original but it IS a terrible sequel to the fantastic first movie. It's a terrible sequel for a number of reasons.
First of all, it changes things that were left satisfactorily concluded at the end of The Descent, which is bloody infuriating. It actually sours your opinion on the overall story arch of the first movie until you go back and watch it again as a standalone piece.
Secondly, it not only has the audacity to repeat a few of the scares from the first movie but then goes on to follow them up with inferior, imitation scares that just don't work (remember the bad timing of the beeping watch in The Descent? see the exact same trick here but with a walkie talkie this time).
Thirdly, there's a final act that just seems to pile disappointment on top of disappointment. I can't go into detail without spoiling things so I won't but, trust me, the tension dissipates, you stop caring for people and there are no surprises.
Why is my rating so comparatively high then, in this case? Well, there are a few good scenes here and the first half of the movie led me alongside one or two characters I actually enjoyed spending time with. There's also a decent enough little punchline. But I really, really hope nobody tries to push for a part three. There should never have been a part two.
See this if you like: The Descent, The Cave, The Hills Have Eyes II.