Fresh
It's been a while since we saw a demagogic feminist exploitation revenge drama, and Descent, while top-heavy with 'agenda,' is shrewdly done.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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Descent
Overview
Following a brutal assault, a college co-ed's life spirals until she encounters her assailant while working as a dancer. The predator has become the prey, and the prey has set her sights on revenge.
Director and cast
- Talia Lugacy Director
- Rosario Dawson as Maya
- Chad Faust as Jared
- Marcus Patrick as Adrian
- Vanessa Ferlito as Bodega Girl
- Jonathan Neil Schneider as Archeology Professor
- Nicole Vicius as Melanie
- Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine as Nadia
- Charlie Hewson as Usher
- Rachael Leigh Cook as Allison
- Spencer Grammer as Stephanie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
35%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Though a clearly gifted new filmmaker, Lugacy doesn't get a handle on the combustible material, and she gets scalded in the process.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten
Look-at-me-I'm-a-filmmaker photography, pacing that has all the thrills of waiting in line at the post office and an utterly predictable plot combine to make the movie even worse than the hacky chick revenge fantasy now showing on channel 186 of your box.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten
No moviegoer has done anything to deserve the images that director Talia Lugacy would throw in their face.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Fresh
[Dramatizes] the experience and the psychological aftermath of rape with a vividness I've never seen in an American film.
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times
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