 What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overlord here. This is going to be reviewed for the 2000 film horror drama Sash Thriller the descent the descent was written and directed by Neil Marshall I think he also did doomsday, and I think he's also going to be doing the upcoming hellboy reboot But the descent follows a group of friends who reconnect after Reconnect a year later after a tragedy that occurred to one of the group members our main character in the film Sarah who was portrayed by Sarah McDonald. She's the person you see right now covered in blood They regroup they reconnect and the intent of this Reconnection is in the past prior to the tragedy. They will always gather up and go on an adventure every year This will be spearheaded or leaded by I think her name was Juno Juno, I believe was the one who had always come up with these ideas because she's more They're all sort of like adventure seekers They all get off on these adventures and these adventure type Wrists that they take in life or explorations if you would anyway, this exploration would find them going into a cave But unbeknownst to them Juno is kind of doing this for like an ego trip because of something that because because of her involvement she has some sort of involvement that I won't get into detail with in Involving the tragedy that occurred here earlier if you've seen this film You know what I'm talking about, but I'm not going to get into spoilers just for those who still have not seen this movie. I Think that this is one of the best creature features from the 2000s if you're not talking about Jeepers Creepers Not so much Jeepers Creepers 2 but the original Jeepers Creepers if you weren't talking about Jeepers Creepers Then the only other horror creature film or creature film I would hear about was the descent The descent is so amazingly well done. It's beautifully directed the score in it is phenomenal I think the person who did the score in this movie was his last name was Julian. I can't think of his first name right now The score he did for this movie was beautiful. It matched perfectly with all with all the scenes Especially in the ending scene that I showed at the beginning where there's a standoff between Sarah and Juno I Just really like really like the cinematography in the movie I think Neil Marshall he crafted one of the better horror films in recent memory because still to this day So many years later because this movie isn't even from This isn't a US based film. This is a movie that came from overseas. This is the United Kingdoms movie if I'm not mistaken This movie didn't come out in the US till 2006, but the movie itself came out in 2005 This movie is so so well acted the characters in the film. This is an all-female based horror film as well All female cast all the characters in the movie they you roll to care for each of them because they While we don't spend too much time with them above above the surface most of this movie is in darkness The time that we do get to spend with these girls before they go into the cave It's enough for the viewer to become invested in them They hand out enough details for each person for you to be kind for you to kind of become attached to a particular one Sarah she's She's not I wouldn't say that Sarah Mac or Shana McDonald rather. I wouldn't say she did like a Bombshell s performance here But just the way she portrayed the character of Sarah with what she was given in her mannerisms and The way she progresses as the film continues forward. She goes from like this very Closed lonely person to Evolving over time with each death and with each new revelation that comes up comes in to play as the film goes on Our the group of girls consist of Sarah Juno Elizabeth Samantha Rebecca Holly Paul and Jessica or not Paul just Jessica Paul was Sarah's Sarah's husband from the opening of the film I won't get into details about him The creature design in the movie. I thought that was well done It's just the way this movie is very claustrophobic. It's the I know there's a lot of people who would love to go cave Cave searching and I'm pretty sure after seeing this movie. You don't want to do that at all And I just love the balance between There's a there's a struggle going on between between Two specific group of people in this move actually three There's three specific girls that are featured at the beginning of the film They're the original group of friends and they are all intertwined with some With some very tragic stuff some disloyalty as far as being friends is concerned One is keeping secrets from the other The other one knew about this secret for as long as she could remember or as long as we don't find out How long this person knew about the secret but the secret is what makes this film is what makes this film so memorable because You have turmoil going on between these friends and you also have the turmoil with the creatures that are in the film and The story and the progression just the way everything comes together in the end. I think it was very fitting Juno and another interesting thing about this movie is that the girls It's a different take on females in horror films because usually females are portrayed as Weak prey the girls in this movie are not going down without a fight And that's what was really interesting to watch on screen how the women involved in this film Their characters weren't portrayed in the cliched ways You would expect a female character to be portrayed in a horror movie. They're not they're not going to run Well, some of them do run that initially but when their backs are against the wall and they're forced to fight They come out and they they come fighting Like full full blaze ahead and everything Juno for one thing. She is the badass in the movie Despite the the ultimate betrayal that she's involved in Her character as far as I being a survivor She just has that survivor mentality written all over her once the creature starts to attack in the film I thought the I thought the the polar opposite opposite character progressions between Her and Sarah. I thought that was well portrayed on screen There's several fan theories that have occurred. There's several fan theories online about what the actual ending of this movie entails. I Believe that the creatures some people think the creatures were all in Sarah's head Some people think that the creatures are actually there I'm on the side to think that the creature actually there and no that's not because of the scent part to exist I'm on the side to believe that the creatures exist Because there's a lot There's a lot of dialogue in the movie and a lot of sequences that can contradict the theory that they weren't actually there So I want to stick on the more logical route for them but aside from that Everything in the movie is just very claustrophobic There's a lot of blood and gore for those of you who are very very well passionate about the horror genre like I am The score is amazing. The acting is great for what the characters and the actresses are given Near Marshall. He this is some of his best work. I've seen his other movies. I think I still think to this day This is his best work I'm gonna give the descent an eight out of ten I think it could have been better as far as like certain things didn't add up because there's a few things you see in The cave that don't add up with what you already know about the creatures. You'll start to find out a few things That's another thing. They don't really tell you too much about these creatures that kind of ruin the effect Because once you know too much that kind of takes away the scary element a bit because now you know everything about your villain With these creatures we we get enough to kind of develop our own thoughts on them But we don't get concrete answers. That's what I appreciate The most about that element of the film. I Think this was very a very well done film This is still one of my favorite horror films to this date I give it an eight out of ten if you guys have seen the descent Let me know what you think about it down in the comment section below If you haven't already subscribed return on post notifications in the description I'll have links on my social media accounts on my Facebook Twitter and Instagram You can message me there to let me know what movies or news you would like me to cover in the future With all that in mind guys, I will see you in the next video