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 | woman in peril | woman in jeopardy | 

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Taglines:

Fear 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

Did You Know?

Trivia

(at around 1h 9 mins) The pool of dung Deputy Rios and Sarah fight the crawler in is known famously as the "Sh*t Pit", as termed by director Jon Harris, and as the "Crawler Crapper" by the crew.

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Goofs

(at around 35 mins) While Cath is trapped on the other side of the fallen boulders, we can see a knee-high rock to the right of Dan's leg slightly move as he is rescuing Cath.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ed Oswald: Jeez!

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Movies Ruined by Disturbing Endings (2019)

User Reviews

Closing the open end of The Descent

In the first The Descent movie, where Sarah was the only survival of a caving expedition, Neil Marshall (director and writer) chose to keep the ending open to different interpretations of the real cause of what happened. For me it is that open end that gave an added value to the first episode. Unfortunately someone, probably commercialism and money, decided to create a sequel. In any sequel the storyline is simplified to a brainless horror movie with a fairly guessable storyline.

There is also nothing to say about good acting or the development of characters.

If you have seen The Descent this sequel is certainly not worth it. But if you want to see a brainless horror with some jump-scenes it is acceptable.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Blog [France] Official site

Country:

UK France

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 2009 (France)

Also Known As:

The Descent: Part 2

Filming Locations:

Ashridge Park, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,048,886

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