Synopsis
A college co-ed is brutally raped and struggles alone to rebuild her life, but when the chance for revenge comes she as a Victim sinks lower than her Predator.
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Cast
- Rosario DawsonMaya
- Chad FaustJared
- Marcus PatrickAdrian
- Vanessa FerlitoBodega Girl
- Jonathan Neil SchneiderArcheology Professor
- Nicole ViciusMelanie
- Colombe Jacobsen-DerstineNadia
- Charlie HewsonUsher
- Rachael Leigh CookAllison
- Spencer GrammerStephanie
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
It's been a while since we saw a demagogic feminist exploitation revenge drama, and Descent, while top-heavy with ''agenda,'' is shrewdly done. - 70
Salon
It's a lot like a '70s exploitation movie, with its determination to seduce and shock the viewer with alternating currents of electrical stimulus, and its weird combination of arty arch-decadence and neo-Victorian moralizing. - 70
The New York Times
Hard to watch but essential to see, Descent is at once realistic and rhetorical, and driven throughout by righteous anger that comes from an honest place. - 60
Village Voice
A well-acted trifle straining to be a hard-hitting morality play. - 58
The A.V. Club
Though a clearly gifted new filmmaker, Lugacy doesn't get a handle on the combustible material, and she gets scalded in the process. - 50
Variety
Pic's message is the one thing that's made clear: A victim can sink lower than her predator. Whether receiving that message justifies the cost of watching Descent is another question. - 38
TV Guide Magazine
Too elliptical to be convincing. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Depending on your revenge story preferences, the brutally pretentious Descent is either a payback flick with an agonizingly formless middle, or a soul-darkening head trip bracketed by a crude vengeance tale. Mostly, though, it's indie provocation trapped between shock and blah.
