trashgang How is it possible that a producer from series like Carnivale and Spartacus: Blood and Sand has made such a bad flick. Daniel Knauf should have known better, maybe he did because this was his first and last attempt to make a full feature.The budget must have been very low because when they are running through the corridors you can easily see that they ran in circles. But by editing they tried to avoid that feeling. The CGI used is one of the SyFy style, so really bad. When they are hiding in a room full of rocks , they really looked like Styrofoam, made me think of the flick APE. On the other hand the bad guys were, sigh, Russians with bad , sigh, teeth. So cliché. There's too much of talking and the shooting at the last reel of the flick is boring too, it takes too long. There's one body that's been slashed in two by an automatic door, done CGI. I never got into the characters and the acting was mediocre. Sad but true, indeed a dark descent.Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

phil-827 It was like the writers of this movie found out they had Dean Cain cast and said "Well bugger that then, I think we can get by without a storyline". With so little plot you would think it would be easy to make it coherent and yet there were still holes. Cain is forced to carry the whole movie and while his performance isn't that bad his character lacks any depth and consequently is entirely uninteresting to watch. Low production value shines through as you watch bullets fly off what is obviously plastic tubing. If you like watching people walk people walk around and around in circles, this movie is for you, otherwise don't bother.

Piscivore ...when it was called "Outland." Both of which are, as another commenter said, based on "High Noon." Some of the shots are almost identical to the Connery movie, as are the basic scenario and subplot elements. Additionally, some of the plot details they changed, presumably to avoid lawsuits, created huge, unresolved plot holes. And of course Dean Cain can't hold a candle to Connery at his post-Bond peak.As if those failings were not egregious enough, this movie also lacks the cranky charm of Frances Sternhagen.Rend "Outland" and sink this flick in the Marianas Trench.

sarahrw2000 Here's some advice for aspiring filmmakers: the total lack of a budget does not doom you to not making movies, but it does prevent you from making movies that demand good production values. Case in point is Descent, set in an underwater mining colony. Unfortunately, the real set is a bunch of Star Trek inspired sci-fi hallways. The story (what story there is) could have taken place at your public school. Another note to filmmakers: if your story sucks, the set's got to look good! Bottom line: avoid this sorry excuse for sci-fi and rent The Abyss instead.