7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Descent (2005)
The Descent (2005)
Overview
After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way out, the group discovers they are not alone—lurking in the darkness are savage, cave-dwelling creatures. With rising tension and dwindling trust, the women must fight to survive against both the predators and each other.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
7.5
Overview
After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way out, the group discovers they are not alone—lurking in the darkness are savage, cave-dwelling creatures. With rising tension and dwindling trust, the women must fight to survive against both the predators and each other.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter of survival horror, grief, and psychological breakdown is largely apolitical, and it does not explicitly promote or critique any specific political ideology from either the left or the right.
The film features a predominantly white cast, and its narrative does not critique traditional identities. The focus is on a group of women in a survival horror scenario, without explicit DEI-driven casting or thematic elements.
Secondary
The Descent does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on an all-female group's struggle for survival in a cave system, with relationships primarily defined by friendship, grief, and betrayal, without any explicit queer subtext.
The Descent does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore related themes. The narrative centers on a group of cisgender women facing survival horror, with no elements pertaining to transsexual identity or experiences.
The film features multiple female characters engaging in intense physical combat against humanoid creatures known as Crawlers. While the female characters are victorious in many of these close-quarters encounters, the gender of the Crawlers is not established as male within the film's narrative.
The Descent is an original film with characters created specifically for its narrative. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment for any character to have had their gender established and subsequently changed.
The Descent is an original film featuring new characters created for this specific production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment to establish any character's race, thus precluding any race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
7.0
Critic Ratings
8.7
7.1
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