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Dark Descent

Dark Descent (2002) Movie Poster
  •  USA / Bulgaria  •    •  96m  •    •  Directed by: Daniel Knauf.  •  Starring: Dean Cain, Scott Wiper, Biliana Petrinska, Maxim Genchev, Art Mendelson, Julian Vergov, Ivaylo Dimchev, Valentin Ganev, William Zabka, Plamen Manassiev, Vladimir Kolev, Ivan Panev, Dobrin Dosev.  •  Music by: Richard McHugh.
        Deep in the Mariana Sea Trench, a corporate underwater mining complex has been built - an industrial Atlantis. When an accident in a dry-dock chamber kills several miners an investigator is sent to find the cause and immediately finds out that it was not an accident. He becomes caught in the middle of a deadly conflict between the miners and the corporation, and fights to stay alive and uncover the truth.

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I agree with the previous reviewer that this movie is a remake of Outland - which was a remake of High Noon. These overseas, low-budget films are usually not very substantial but are watchable. I thought Dean Cain did a good job with the roll but, I must admit, I usually find him entertaining. Some of the other actors did credible work in this film: Scott Wiper, Art Mendelson, and Valentin Ganev as the doctor. But beyond the movie itself, this was Dan Knauf's first attempt at directing and I think he did a fine job with a limited budget. Remember, Knauf is the creator of the Emmy award winning HBO series, Carnivale, and you can see the genius at work here. With that in mind, I think this film reaches beyond the low budget feature it is and gives us a glimpse of the dark imagination of Knauf.

Review by vociferous-960-972376 from the Internet Movie Database.

 

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Aug 5 2017, 10:42