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71 out of 100

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    100
    It's the most intense, unpredictable and thrilling cinematic experience I've had the pleasure to squirm through in ages.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    91
    The director of The Descent is savvy enough to suggest even more than he shows. And he's old-school enough to load up on glimpses of good, clean, gruesome gore.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    50
    It's made expressly for fans of unmitigated gore.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 91 out of 119
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 119
  3. Negative: 16 out of 119
  1. Nick5414
    10
    The best horror movie ever !
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. ZS
    5
    Eh, it wasn't bad at all. But it certainly wasn't all the critics made it out to be. Jumpy, sure (and it did this well...for the first hour or so...), but then it just devolves into one fight after another. And by the way...are Sarah and Juno Cave Tai Kwon Do experts or something? The Gollum ass-kicking got old quickly. They can't even walk forward without scraping against something for the first hour, and then suddenly there are whole underground fighting chambers? I didn't buy that. Great performance from most of the cast (Juno was overacted), decent concept, yet another ambiguous is-she-or-isn't-she Hollywoodesque ending. I would have felt more fulfilled if that logging truck had just taken Sarah's head off right after she blew cookies. That would have been as merciless and grim as this was supposed to be.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. WilliamY.
    3
    Good movie all the way through, falls victim to many of the usual horror/thriller movie mistakes cept the ending was horse s**t... Does it mean they all die? Why was she such a b***h to that one woman? I mean when it comes down to survival, one person isn't thinking about revenge, they are thinking "how can I save my own buttox" I really think she had a bit more of a heart... Personally, Not my cup of tea.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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