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Descent
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MPAA RATING:
Starring Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust, Marcus Patrick, Christopher DeBlasio, Sergia Louise Anderson, and Chuck Ardezzone
A promising college student becomes bent on seeking revenge after a shocking act of violence is committed on her. Descent is a film that unnervingly tackles some of the country's most taboo subjects. (City Lights Pictures)
| GENRE(S): | Drama | Suspense/Thriller |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Talia Lugacy
Brian Priest |
| DIRECTED BY: | Talia Lugacy |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 5, 2008 Theatrical: August 10, 2007 |
| RUNNING TIME: | minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 5.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
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Chad S. gave it a4:
French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard once said that "cinema history is the history of boys photographing girls." Where this filmmaker is coming from, one can only stare saucer-eyed with begrudging admiration, but the Godard quote isn't a bad place to start, as we watch Maya(Rosario Dawson) anally probe Jared(Chad Faust). Ready or not, the American cinema now has a sexual provocateur of its very own, a female filmmaker cut from the same mold as France's Catherine Breillat, whose fearless use of graphic sex may result in high-brow "adult" films such as "Romance" and "Fat Girl", rather than high-minded schlock like "Descent". First, the film puts us to sleep with its character-driven narrative, and then jars us awake by the unrepentant brutality of Maya's revenge plan. David Slade's "Hard Candy" makes the same mistake. When the tables are turned; the woman wins, but she loses the audience's sympathy. Arguably, even a pedophile, even a rapist, doesn't deserve to be tortured.
Robby T. gave it a2:
This movie feels like it was made by an amateur lesbian director who needs to ease up on the pills. See Hard Candy instead.
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