7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Descent (2005)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
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
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
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 movie features an all-female cast, which is a distinctive element for the horror genre. However, the cast is racially homogenous, and the narrative does not explicitly critique or negatively portray traditional identities. The film's primary focus is on survival and interpersonal dynamics within an all-female group, rather than engaging with broader DEI themes as defined by the scoring criteria.
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 a group of female cavers who engage in close-quarters physical combat against a species of subterranean humanoids known as Crawlers. However, the Crawlers are not explicitly identified as male opponents 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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