First Look: THE DESCENT
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Director: Neil Marshall
Screenwriter: Neil Marshall
Cast: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia
Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone, Myanna Buring, Oliver Milburn, Molly Kayll
Website: http://www.thedescentfilm.com/
Synopsis:
"The Descent" is Neil Marshall's hotly anticipated follow up
to his 2002 hit "Dog Soldiers." Directed by Marshall from his
own script, it tells the story of an all-female caving expedition that
goes horribly wrong, and stars Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex
Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone and Myanna Buring. Set in a cave
system deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Marshall describes his film
as "'Deliverance' goes underground."
One year after a tragic accident, six girlfriends meet in a remote part
of the Appalachians for their annual caving trip. Deep below the surface
of the earth, disaster strikes when a rock falls and blocks their route
back to the surface. The girls soon learn that Juno, the thrill-seeking
leader of the expedition, has brought them to an unexplored cave and that
as a result no knows where they are to come rescue them. The group splinters
and each push on, praying for another exit. But there is something else
lurking under the earth – a race of monstrous humanoid creatures
that are adapted perfectly to life in the dark. As the friends realize
they are now prey, they are forced to unleash their most primal instincts
in an all-out war against an unspeakable horror – one that attacks
without warning, again and again and again.
As the others battle for their lives, Sarah (Macdonald), still recovering
from a mental collapse brought on by the recent deaths of her family,
is fighting for her sanity. When old secrets are revealed, the friends
turn on one another, causing the group to implode. Betrayed and desperate,
Sarah realizes that to make it back to the surface, she must become as
savage as the creatures themselves.
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