Dark Descent

2002

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 23%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 23% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 3.5/10 10 522 522

Plot summary

Deep in the Mariana Sea Trench, a corporate underwater mining complex has been built - an industrial Atlantis. When an accident in a dry-dock chamber kills several miners an investigator is sent to find the cause and immediately finds out that it was not an accident. He becomes caught in the middle of a deadly conflict between the miners and the corporation, and fights to stay alive and uncover the truth.

Director

Daniel Knauf Photo
Daniel Knauf

Top cast

William Zabka Photo
William Zabka as Marty
Dean Cain Photo
Dean Cain as Will Murdock
Maxim Genchev Photo
Maxim Genchev as Starkweather
Valentin Ganev Photo
Valentin Ganev as Doctor Petrov
720p.WEB
866.93 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sarahrw2000 2 / 10

Lesson in how NOT to make a movie

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.
Reviewed by Piscivore 3 / 10

This movie was better...

...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.
Reviewed by JohnCVermont 2 / 10

Why...Oh why? 2 hours of my life I can never get back.

After midnight, having a bout of insomnia, I see Dean Cain in a Outland knockoff that only lacks the production values, plot, visual effects and acting.Basically, a very bad "Outland" under water. The concept has some merit. Instead of vacuum, think extreme pressure and its related dangers. Of course, because of the obvious low budget, they couldn't really develop along those lines. Dean Cain does what he can with what he has. Regarding production values, I think there was one visual effect that was interesting.Typically, I really enjoy campy, grade-B (or less) sci-fi thrillers but I just couldn't do this time. Watch a DVD you have watched more than 15 times, do some laundry, read a book, read a comic book, read a Judith Krantz novel before fall into the trap that is "Dark Descent".
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