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The Descent
2005
· Movie
· 99 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1938
- IMDb #1653
- Google retired #2371
- Rotten Tomatoes #1467
- Metacritic #1331
- Letterboxd #1958
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1329
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2005
- Metacritic Critics #1389
- Metacritic Audience #1344
- Criticker #1435
- Kinopoisk #3218
- AlloCiné #2292
- Trakt #2035
Every rating
52–87
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 52, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the most agreed on films →A year after a family tragedy, a group of adventurous friends reunites for a caving expedition in an unexplored cave system deep in the Appalachian Mountains. After a collapse traps them underground, they must navigate the claustrophobic and pitch-black tunnels to find another way out. Their struggle for survival becomes a nightmare when they discover they are not alone in the caves.
Details
- Director
- Neil Marshall
- Writer
- Neil Marshall
- Studio
- Celador Films, Northmen Productions, Pathe
- Released
- 8 July 2005
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Swedish
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Box office
- $57.1M
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Awards
8 wins & 22 nominations total
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