Good movie, but unfortunately, this is the American cut. The original version ends ambiguously, but the American Cut removes the final scene, ending it on a cheap, non-sense jump scare. While that scene is also in the original, the scene that would follow afterward makes things a bit more clear (ironically, given that it gives us less answers), and at least keeps the scene in context with the rest of the film. Without the actual final scene, the ending to this movie is basically a genre-shift plot hole.

Fake horror movie. Was good I guess back in 2005, but not in today's 2020 standards.
Women that evidently get killed while walking up to another woman from behind, but never utters a word since I guess after seeing a monster they don't talk or scream like 2 minutes before that.
Rafting on whitewater...these girls ARE pros. Not a drop of water inside the raft or on the seats from splashing. Their makeup is still on too. Not a broken fingernail. I've crafted with girls for years and they all are scared of the big white water, get drenched, nails broken off, at least the boat gets very wet..must have been class 1.
NEVER would a car that comes to a stop not try and MOVE over 2 feet to miss another vehicle when there's 4 feet of road that they could use...dumb. the cave exploration was the stupidity of it all...not taking the book? Not leaving directions for others if the come looking? Cave exploration 101..!! Don't be stupid, but I guess here they all are stupid. Not a check, recheck once? If you don't have a common sense brain...then this is your movie. Get under covers and scream forever...I did..about how stupid they were.

This movie really never lets up, once they really get in peril. A group of women meet to go cave exploring (spelunking), into a cave that is well known, and not too dangerous. Except that Juno decides that is not the cave for them, and takes them into a totally unknown cave. A cave that was not on file with the authorities in the event they did not report in after the set time. There is a cave in, trapping them and they need to find a way out. One gets a sense of the physical strength needed in caving, and also that some of them are really not all that up to it. And there are lots of tension among the group members. The compound fracture one of them suffers is rather hard for the squeamish to see, and it is graphic. And things really go downhill for all of them, as creatures are present in the cave, and those creatures are hungry. There is a lot of gore, and horrible deaths. Not deaths done horribly, but deaths that are horrible. One by one the group gets smaller. There is a lot of tension, and a lot of suspense. It captures what it is like to be in a cave system. It is a good thrill ride, and better than I expected.

Well made horror film and I don't think there are many. This one has a story, good acting, suspense and, of course, horror but realistic horror, if that makes any sense. Because of the above there was a build up to the horror and they didn't put the gore in just for the sake of gore. Don't know how this was filmed but it looked real enough to make you feel like they were in a real cave crawling through little, narrow spaces and for a claustrophobic like me, some scenes were pretty hard to watch. If you only like teenage slasher type horror with nothing but gore then you may want to skip this one,

Sitting knees up, feet on seat of chair butterfly style is comfortable, I am happy that they included an adult doing that in a movie, yes it is still okay doing that as an adult! I even did it during group meetings (only sitting on the floor instead of a chair) as a phD candidate in geophysics at the University of California, Berkeley. Woohoo for childhood trends that are still acceptable as adults! Caves are fun to explore and can be very creepy, especially with lights out - they chose a great setting for this movie. Some creatures do not want to be seen and will pursue you until you are dead when you trespass on their land and touch their things without their consent. Will the group of women make it out alive? Or do the cave creatures eat them all alive? If ever caught in this situation, just remember cave creatures just want some peace and quiet and you are the ones who intruded on them. Also, a good reminder that things that live in caves can venture outside of caves. Some of the imagery is reminiscent of Norse Mythology and the mead of poetry. This movie would have been a lot shorter had the ladies not taken picks. Good and fast-moving entertainment for the latter portion. Takes a little set-up to get going in the first portion.

I usually don't like gorefests and I didn't like the gore in this movie...but "The Descent" is so well-done and has so much more going for it, that I will make a rare exception by giving it five stars. The claustrophobia, gloom, sense of dread, and suspense make for a squeamish, oftentimes unpleasant viewing, but like "Night of the Living Dead," my heart was racing once the adventure began and I could not stop watching the horror that unfolds. The acting is great and I cared for each of the main characters up to the end. I also loved the use of paranormal visions throughout the film. Overall, this is a great film entry for the horror genre. It has elements from many different films, ranging from "Deliverance" to "Blair Witch Project" to zombie movies...to the classic slashers to the Changeling to Dario Argento to, I don't know, Weekly World News' "Batboy?" While this may not sound like a compliment, it actually is because this film incorporates all of these influences (and cliches) to good effect. Also Shauna Macdonald looks like a modern-day reincarnation of Katharine Hepburn which made me like her even more. She also has the acting chops, too.

Looked bad from the beginning, but I had to watch it, just to write this review. Disjointed storyline that attempts to metaphorically match the early accident with the cave. A lot of "dead spots" in the scenario. And I think the ghouls at the end are the paying customers avenging their loss of time and money on this dog of a film. The real flesh eaters are the producers and filmmakers who made any money from the audience on this body of cliched nonsense. Don't waste your time. Complain to Amazon for adding this junk to Prime.

This must be my third time watching this great movie because of the Coronavirus. The beginning starts off like a Disney movie with the family on vacation, losing family from an accident, and the mother going to a gathering of good old friends to find herself. Even when they're spelunking it gives you the sense the mother will eventually rediscover happiness in the end of the movie. There's a lot of feeling of claustrophobia, fear, and triumph the deeper they descend because, you know, they do a lot of crawling and climbing, and the real action doesn't happen until you reach half the movie, and by the time the credits roll you'll understand the further you descend, the stronger you'll become spiritually, physically, and emotionally. This isn't Tomb Raider. The emotions are depressing and maddening. The female casts aren't Ms. Croft or super human super heroines.