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Descent

Country: USA, Language: English, 101 mins

  • Director: Talia Lugacy
  • Writer: Talia Lugacy; Brian Priest
  • Producer: Michael Almog; Michael Bassick

CGiii Comment

It's about rape and it's about revenge - unfortunately, the direction and writing are its major flaws.

It is predictable, it is dark and it is rather monotonous.

It drags without building tension and the conclusion has been concocted to be controversial - but, we all know that it is going to be controversial - therefore, no surprises.


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The(ir) Blurb...

In the winter of her senior year, Maya talks to Jared at a frat party, accepts his invitation to dinner at a nice restaurant, then goes to his apartment, just to talk. He assaults her. Her personality changes, she's withdrawn; she graduates and takes a job at a clothing store, staying apart from co-workers. At night, she's someone else: a beauty at the club scene, dancing, seductive, sniffing cocaine, becoming the friend of a heavy hitter. She thinks about her racial identity. That fall, she's a grad student, and Jared is in an exam she proctors. She invites him to her apartment; he's certain she's stuck on him.

Cast & Characters

Rosario Dawson as Maya;
Chad Faust as Jared;
Marcus Patrick as Adrian;
Vanessa Ferlito as Bodega Girl;
Jonathan Neil Schneider as Archeology Professor;
James A. Stephens as Professor Byron;
Nicole Vicius as Melanie;
Paul Sado as Downstairs Guy;
Scott Bailey as Upstairs Guy;
Tracie Thoms as Denise;
Aisleagh Jackson as Construction Girl;
Robert Lehrer as Speaker;
Alexie Gilmore as Seline;
Johnathan Tchaikovsky as Tyler;
Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine as Nadia