Maybe I'm weird but I don't have fun watching rapes. I wanted to punch in the nose everyone involved in the making of this krap sandwich.

The creators of Descent seemed to want to send the message that rape is terrible and it affects people badly. While it does sort of show how it affects people, it comes across as a kinky porno more than a movie trying to send a message. A man rapes a woman, so the woman gets revenge by tying him up, raping him with a dildo and then the rapist is raped by a man. What message does this send? To me it just looks like a weird porno that some people will probably jerk off to rather than learn something from, especially in the last scene where the rapist gets raped by a woman and a man. It's literally just a BDSM scene. It could've been done much better.

I think she went over board with revenge. We don't know if she did take any legal action but it was way over done.

why would Dawson sign up for this? its unbearably dull that does nothing for the character.

Descent fails with its good intentions of addressing the very serious issue of rape and sexual violence. Its setup of Dawson's character, Maya, meeting a charming young man than being assaulted by him is ruined by the film's proceeding murkiness. From then on the film detours into scenes of Maya befriending and hanging with creepy, repugnant debauchee, Jared, at nightclubs and engaging in obscure, pretentious conversations that never mention or reference her assault. Thus the audience is left with no insight of how she's feeling in the aftermath of her rape until a 7 minute revenge rape scene is peremptorily presented, which is even more disturbing, graphic, and sadistic than Maya's.

Watched this movie and felt with a half-way decent director it could have been really good revenge movie. Instead it's slow and drawn out. The act of rape committed against Maya was not nearly as violent as it could have been. If her rape was half as sickening and degrading as "Jared's" I could justify, for lack of a better term, his rape. I actually felt his pain and wanted to save him.

I really can't give this movie a rating any higher...mainly because there is not much to it outside of rape scenes. People deal with things in different ways psychologically and not many people would go this dark in real life but likely would have THOUGHT about it. Descent is that pure indulgence of acting on that thought and at least for me it was vicariously satisfying. I'm not ashamed to admit it and neither is this movie. Sidenote- Anyone else notice Rosario's costars from Death Proof?

This movie was just down right stupid. Basic plot: Girl gets raped, girl mopes for awhile, girl slums in dance clubs, girl gets revenge. The rape scenes themselves are very long, but since nothing is really shown to give the awful effect, I just didn't think either was very effective. Between these two rapes scenes, the film gets super boring. It was nice to see Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, aka Julie the Cat from The Mighty Ducks films, pop up for a few scenes, but that is all. This was an awful movie. The star is for Rosario and that is all.

To characterize this movie simply as a rape flick is an oversimplification of the film on many levels. This film is the psychological, emotional, and spiritual journey of a woman who has been traumatized at her core. The vehicle of that trauma is a rape. This film uses raw vivid imagery to convey emotion instead of surreal, dreamlike, or detached sequences. It will not be everyone's cup of tea. At times the scenes may come across as shocking or intentionally over the top but I find (as someone who has experienced rape) that the scene are extremely accurate in their portrayal of the various physical and emotional experiences that many victims go through. The movie moves intentionally slow in order to gives its viewers time to think and thoroughly digest what has happened as it progresses. When it comes to the end I feel that seeing the R-rated version of the film misconstrues the movies point. It leaves the viewer feeling as though they had watched a revenge movie and disappoints them. The NC-17 version has a much stronger message. It is not only more complete (obviously) but it leaves the viewer with a sense of satisfaction and believability of where the characters are that the R-rated version can not have considering what was cut. Overall the movie was genuine, the acting was honest, the characters are very well balanced and believeable, and if viewed with an open mind the film as a whole will give any viewer some very serious ideas to think about afterwards. For me this movie does for rape what Sandra Bullock and 28 Days did for alcoholism. It is a must watch.

Violence begets violence in some, not all cases. In this film, using rape as revenge on the offending rapist adds a different voice to those who have been sexually traumatized by venturing a road less traveled by victims of rape. This film therefore explores this issue and the emotional toll in a different light even if it ends very dark.

What the hell was this crap.

The first rape scene is of a pg-13 standard an does nothing but intrigue you for what's going to happen next. After that I became extremely confused at what the hell was going on the entire middle phase. Then the final half hour kicks in and things start to make sense and relate to the beginning again. Not only does she get revenge, she has a large Spanish man rape the guy who raped her. This guys got some serious stamina bc this rape scene is excessive and very long. And then the movie ends leaving us to wonder wht happens next. Yep I certainly don't plan on watching it again.

This movie just gets really awkward towards the end. And needed more tits

Probably the most poorly edited movie in the history of cinema

Finally, a movie with explicit violence against women and rape scenes that is produced and directed by women. The revenge was gratifying.

Strange and unsettling -- apparently for no reason.

For a movie called Descent, the low is nowhere near low enough. For movie about revenge, the revenge is nowhere near enough. Sure, I guess all things being equal one rape is revenged by another--but (and call me a product of Kill Bill-type revenge movies) the fact that she couldn't extract the revenge herself makes it a bit hollow. Maybe it doesn't matter--HE got just deserts (even though I would have liked to see him get more than that) and perhaps that is what it's all about. And ending the movie with what felt like a 10-minute rape scene is just... eh. Eh. Eh. That's this movie. Eh. Good performance by Dawson, though. And hell, even Faust did a great job in making us hate his character.

A borderline homoerotic art film.

If you're a pissed bitch bent on payback and the ultimate revenge this is the movie for you... CRAZY!

Realistic and brave. This is one of my new FAVORITES.