Descent (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Director:

Terry Cunningham

Writer:

Michael Konyves (writer)

Release Date:

21 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Go Deep!

Plot:

When the Ring of Fire starts heating up with an unprecedented amount of volcanic activity a team of scientists are gathered to prevent a global catastrophe.

Plot Keywords:

Ring Of Fire | Burned Alive | Trespassing | Nature Run Amok | Volcano

Cast

Luke Perry	...	Dr. Jake Rollins
Natalie Brown	...	Jen
Michael Dorn	...	General Fielding
Rick Roberts	...	Dr. Palmer Drake
Brandi Ward	...	Dr. Karen West (as Brandi Marie Ward)
Mimi Kuzyk	...	Marsha Crawford
Michael Teigen	...	Black
Mike Realba	...	Decker
Adam Frost	...	Captain Hayward
James Downing	...	Major McEwan
Jefferson Brown	...	Seth
Martin Roach	...	Man in Black
J.C. Kenny	...	News Reporter

MPAA:

Rated PG for disaster action, some sensuality and mild language.

Runtime:

Canada:90 min (Ontario)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Premiere Bobine

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the final scene, Marsha Crawford says to the reporter, "It's time the public learn of the causes of these natural phenomenon." The plural of phenomenon is phenomena. Her character has a scientific background and should know this.

Quotes:

Dr. Jake Rollins: You guys ready to do your thing?
[i.e. place a 4000 megaton nuclear bomb]
Major McEwan: Tell us where you want it; we'll set the activation.
Dr. Jake Rollins: I've uploaded the Spartan coordinates. The placement has to be pretty precise.

Bad acting, predictable script...what else do you need to know?

This movie's script is indistinguishable from others, most notably The Core, another bad movie. It's pretty clear why Luke Perry doesn't get much work, but to see the beloved Lt. Commander Worf (Michael Dorn) resigned to something like this is just sad.

I really can't think of one plot twist that isn't seen coming a mile away. That's not an exaggeration.

Special effects are very poor, even by TV standards. The lava flow at the beginning of the movie signaling the coming global disaster, starts things off at a very amateurish level. And it gets no better from that point on.