The UK ending is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJgAj8HbVs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2F
It's basically just extended a couple minutes. It's much better than the US ending.
Originally posted by Darth Vicious
I think this similar to the cave except much better, I wish they had gone into more detail withSpoiler:
Juno's affair with Sarahs husband abit more, I see why he did it, Juno was hot it was a shame she died, I liked her character even though she had an affair with Sarahs man she wasnt gonna leave her behind and Beths death was an accident. With the american ending I was expecting one of the Crawlers to pop out from the backseat and with the UK ending, Does that mean that she dies?. I thought the gore involving her daughter was too much, she couldve died from the impact or whatever.
Completely agree with you on that whole beth, sarah, and juno situation. And yeah JUno is hot!
The Descent
Just came back from seeing this movie, a UK import. I had heard of Neil Marshall and his previous film Dog Soldiers, but I was going to pass because I kept thinking of that other film The Cave; plus, it's so hard to find horror films that are good films as well. The strong reviews from major critics made me rethink, and so I went to the theatre for my first horror movie in years.
A brief synopsis, with minor spoilers:
The film follows a group of six women on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) is recovering from a car accident a year ago, which killed her husband and daughter. She and her friend, Beth, (Alex Reid) are invited to the Appalachian Mountains by Juno (Natalie Mendoza). There they join up with Holly (Nora-Jane Noone), and two sisters, Sam (MyAnna Buring) and Rebecca (Saskia Mulder).
After stopping in a cabin for the night, they drive to the caves and begin to explore. A cave-in blocks the way they came in, and it is revealed that Juno has brought them to an unexplored cave system in a misguided effort to bring the group closer together. They continue on as their only hope is to find another exit. Holly breaks her leg in a fall and, as the others assist her, Sarah wanders off and sees a pale humanoid figure drinking from a puddle of stagnant water. It disappears into the darkness when it senses her, and when Sarah tells the others, they dismiss it as a hallucination.
I won't say any more. After you get past the Deliverence comparisons early on (Deliberate echoes?), it becomes a very well made film, with characters who are smart and change as they become desperate.
I could always use less gore - the scariest films make your imagination work more than what you could see - but it was quite well used.
This was one of the better horror movies to come out this year (which isnt saying much after reviewing this year's lackluster horror releases, but I digress) and Marshall is a guy to look out for now. Dog Soldiers was a kick ass werewolf flick that rocked harder than those CGI pups in Underworld could ever dream of, and The Descent was just as bad ass. It's hard as hell for me to construct believable female characters, but Marshall has nothing but strong ladies in this flick (and off topic, the leader is hot as hell, but, again, I digress). The movie had fear and suspense way before the first creature even appeared. Any creature flick that let you down in the past couple of years (Village anybody?) is slaughtered by this film.