Are you a Pre-Tribulation Rapture guy...or a Post-Tribulation Rapture guy? If you said..."huh?...well you could find yourself in the same position as all the characters in today's movie. This one earned 2.5 out of 10 stars on IMDB which only goes to show no one who rated this film read the Bible. Eschatology is fascinating, and excuse me for using big words...I love looking somewhat smart. The study of the end times. Believe in the rapture or not, or just don't know, we can still enjoy a horror film about it. Read Revelation 9 and find out about those scorpion monsters...or watch today's film, 2023's "The Descent," directed by Matt Green...no, not the babes in a cave film.
Something happened three years ago and everyone who is left on Earth refers to it as Red Friday. Yep, most of the people on the planet were taken by...monsters? Scorpion monsters who walk on two legs. The survivors seem happy and are all into unity. In fact, they are so into unity that you can scan a QR code and sign up for a lifestyle and mindset of...unity. Important to be united, after all. The smart talking professor, Charles (Dan Sachoff), can sell anyone on unity and positive thinking. He will have a tough sell as one student in his class did not scan the QR code and everyone noticed. Wyatt (Jamie Alexander). He has issues from his past and being united with everyone is not a priority of his. His GF, Zoey (Eva Craw), desperately wants him to join Unity...I guess so they can have pre-marital sex.
Let's skip a lot of the unity seduction and go right to the scorpion monsters. They came three years ago and they're back. One by one they haul people away...but these unfortunates seem to reappear. What's going on? Enter Markus (Jubilant Sykes). Three years ago he was sitting at his kitchen table when his wife vanished. Now Markus has figured it all out. Unlike Charles, Markus helps Wyatt figure out why he is traumatized by his past. Wyatt keeps his head about him as the scorpion things drag all his friends away. We cheer when Charles is decimated by the monster and hauled away. We boo when Charles and his unity mindset return. Markus can save them all, if only they will listen. Unfortunately, the unity people scoff at Markus, even though he is unharmed by the things.
Confused? Read Revelation 9...though this may confuse you more. Whatever you feel about the rapture or pre or post tribulation, this is a fun one. All you unity people out there...you will hate this film. Even with scorpion creatures running about, the real villains will be the "we all need to work together and be unified" crowd emerges as the real villains. See "The Descent" and if you do read Revelation because of it, please do it with an eye toward the Old Testament.
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