Descent

The racist remarks spoken to Rosario as she was being raped has to be the most shocking thing I've ever experienced in a film. Rosario definitely made me feel some of the deep sadness, heartbreak and broken spirit a rape victim... Full review

i was watching it with my cousins and it was horrible. first they like barely talked then it was a horrible ending in conclsion it was bad i wasted my money for nothing!!... Full review

Not because of what happened, but because I didn't think anything was wrong with what took place. You'll see what I'm talking about with the surprise ending. Anyway, It was extreeeeeeeemely slow. Just seemed like there should have been a few... Full review

The movie begins and ends with Rosario Dawson. Her performance is clearly oscar material; she has a talent for evoking myriad emotions in the span of a single scene, a single shot. The role demands an almost unbearable intensity, and she... Full review

Wow what a movie. It was a bit slow but the story was worth following. This type of thing happens all the time, sad to say, but it does. The movie follows a woman that learns how to cope and deal... Full review

I love this movie.It was raw like hek.I can't stop watching it.This is the best movie i ever seen.This is the best thriller movie. You have to see it.This movie has actor's Wilson Jermaine Heredia,Tracie Thoms,and Rosario Dawson.Make sure you see... Full review

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. Instead we get an incoherent, blackout-hued slog through an underworld club scene where a drifting, dead-eyed Maya befriends a ripped, tattooed and protective DJ named Adrian (Marcus Patrick), who digs his dance floor power. ... Full Review

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. Instead we get an incoherent, blackout-hued slog through an underworld club scene where a drifting, dead-eyed Maya befriends a ripped, tattooed and protective DJ named Adrian (Marcus Patrick), who digs his dance floor power. ... Full Review

You know, who really cares when the filmmaking is this transparent and sloppy.....there's nothing for this gifted actress to work with.....Descent" is the head-slappingly awful picture that turns rape into a comedy.....Maya's tale of violence is a touchy one to explore.... ... Full Review

That's really what makes Descent such an awful, awful movie. Director Talia Lugacy does a lousy job of getting across just how traumatic rape is, and frankly that's not just bad filmmaking it's dangerous social policy for a movie that seems to be wrapping itself in the cloak of girl power. ... Full Review

However, the distanced style, hard grainy lighting and extremely lengthy rape sequences make DESCENT not only often unpalatable, but also mostly just plain dull. Rosario Dawson is a terrific actress, and she gives a fine performance in DESCENT , but you have to wonder what she and her fellow producer Tara Lugacy, who also directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Brian Priest, were thinking. ... Full Review

"A college co-ed is brutally raped and struggles alone to rebuild her life." Now that sounds like entertainment, right? The above logline goes along with the film titled: Descent . ... Full Article

Production Stills: View here In "Descent," acclaimed actress Rosario Dawson plays the most controversial character of her career: a promising college student who becomes bent on seeking revenge after a shocking act of sexual violence is committed against her. ... Full Article

Violence against women is a subject that Hollywood doesn't like to deal with head-on.But when actress Rosario Dawson formed her own production company, Trybe, that's the theme she chose for her first film. ... Full Article

First attack? Oh, yes, and considering the one that follows, it seems the far milder of the two -- although to pass that kind of judgment is to get into the sexual-political morass "Descent" wants us to wade through. ... Full Article

May 10, 2007 - The title of Descent could be read into on several levels pertaining to the film's story. First, there's the lead character's descent into a life of drugs and sex and perdition after becoming a victim of... ... Full Article

One of the most talked-about films of the Tribeca festival this year, Descent is a no-holds-barred revenge fantasy about a woman who is viciously raped, has her life thrown off the tracks and eventually comes to realize that the only... ... Full Article