Did we really need a sequel to The Descent? The 2005 horror opus from Neil Marshall (who serves as an executive producer here instead of writer/director) remains one of the absolute best and most terrifying horror films to be released in the past decade, which is one reason why a sequel not helmed by Marshall rang all sorts of alarms in me upon first hearing about it. However, The Descent: Part 2 winds up not being terrible in the least, and in its own right is a frequently scary and compelling film, but it just can't live up to the surprisingly lofty heights that the first film grasped. Shauna Macdonald returns as Sarah, as the film picks up right where the first one left off. Upon her discovery, she is forced to accompany a group of rescuers into the caves that she escaped, with some grisly and bloody results. While there is a good amount of gore, shocks, and solid scares, what The Descent: Part 2 lacks is the kind of character and overall story development that helped make the first film so compelling. Not to mention the fact that there is a good degree of events that happen here that betray what happened in the first film, and an ending that manages to be both shocking and a bit confusing. Still though, for what it's worth, The Descent: Part 2 is a solid horror flick, just don't go in expecting anything as great as the first film was.Get more detail about The Descent 2.
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