Your lady friend wants to rent a chick flick. You want an action pic. At first glance 'Descent' only qualifies as the first. Six adventure sports gals go into a cave. Lots of talking and lots of girl empowerment. And even worse the lead guide is played by Natalie Mendoza (quite dark half Filipino-half German), so you know you'll be treated to images of the noble non-white being...well, noble.
But writer-director Neil Marshall didn't get the PC memo and lost the horror movie cliche manual. He made a different movie that will surprise you.
But writer-director Neil Marshall didn't get the PC memo and lost the horror movie cliche manual. He made a different movie that will surprise you.