The Descent 2 - Not as bad as most people make it out to be  

The Descent was a well-received horror, so, no surprise when it spawned a sequel. If you read other reviews on Part 2, you'll see that most of the negative criticism stems from the beginning of the film and the end. I won't talk about the end so there's a `treat' in store for you, but the gripes with the beginning relate to how this one has been tacked on to the original. Personally, I had no problem with the `link' and the way it was done.

Part 2 isn't written by writer/director of the original Neil Marshall, but he is an executive producer on the second. New writers tell the story of a second team of cave explorers, heading down to see what happened to the first lot - and of course running into those pesky (not to mention hungry) `Crawlers.'

No, there's not much character development among the new cast and yes, the film does rely on some cheesy `jump scares;' not to mention how the makers of the film think that by adding a LOT more blood to each kill will somehow make it scarier than its predecessor. However, all this doesn't make it a bad film. It was just that so many people loved the first one, that anything that came next would be a let-down. No, it's far from perfect and not as good as the first, but still a damn sight better than 90% of modern horror offerings.

Maybe turn it off after one hour and twenty-five minutes if you're afraid you won't like the ending (it's only an hour and a half long).  

7/10 if I woke up on Groundhog Day and had to watch this again, I could live with that