The Descent: Part 2 (2009)

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

Writers:

James McCarthy (screenplay), J Blakeson (screenplay)

Stars:

Michael J. Reynolds, Shauna Macdonald, Jessika Williams

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael J. Reynolds	...	Ed Oswald
Shauna Macdonald	...	Sarah Carter (as Shauna MacDonald)
Jessika Williams	...	Susanne Small
Douglas Hodge	...	Dan
Josh Dallas	...	Greg (as Joshua Dallas)
Anna Skellern	...	Cath
Gavan O'Herlihy	...	Vaines
Krysten Cummings	...	Rios
Doug Ballard	...	Dr. Roger Payne
Josh Cole	...	Lynch
Saskia Mulder	...	Rebecca
Natalie Mendoza	...	Juno
Alex Reid	...	Beth
Nora-Jane Noone	...	Holly
MyAnna Buring	...	Sam

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.

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Plot Keywords:

wink | baseball cap | psychotronic film | cave | sheriff | 

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Taglines:

Fear runs deep. Revenge runs deeper.

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, grisly images, terror and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Blog [France] Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 December 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Descent: Part 2

Filming Locations:

Ashridge Park, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,759,803

Company Credits

Production Co:

Celador Films, Canal+, CinéCinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Production Designer Simon Bowles took the script of this film and physically drew out a blueprint mapping how all thirty caves would connect together and how the actors would proceed through them.

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Goofs

Greg falls off of the cliff where Sam's body is still hanging from her rope from the first movie. He's later found on the bone pit, barely alive. But in the first movie, Sam's body is above a water-filled pit which Juno falls into and finishes off one of The Crawlers. They'd already found the bone pit in a different location.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ed Oswald: Jeez!

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Connections

Referenced in Brad Tries...: Brad Tries Bird's Nest (2010)

User Reviews

Wow!!!!

I was honestly ready for this movie to be a complete fail for a film not only because of several different reviews iv read but also because of other movies that try making a second and change the setting and the main characters but keep the story in which the descent 2 did not do. They used the same actresses, the same setting, they did not change anything or add anything unnecessary they just sent a search party after the climbers which is realistically what they would do. On top of that it let's you know what happens to Juno since you don't see her die in the first one. It takes place a couple days after they all went out so it doesn't just randomly start somewhere. And they are underground blind creatures, I think people expect and just want to see extremely epic deaths but think about their surroundings and the creatures nature, the are limited to what they can do and how they kill you. I was ready for this movie to be a let down, it's been in mi face and I wasn't going to watch it because I didn't want to be disappointed but I finally decided to watch it and I'm really happy I did. I would say if you like the first one, watch it. In my opinion it doesn't take it to far.