BETRAYAL IS 'THE DESCENT'

When I first watched 'THE DESCENT' (2005 film), my interpretation is this...

When a tragic accident killed Paul & their daughter, Jessica—all that's left for Sarah was the hurting truth that her best friend, Juno had a love affair sexually with her late husband. But she kept the secret to herself, keeping the hurt inside & lied to Juno as if she knew nothing...

After the tragic accident that killed Paul, all Juno ever wanted was to amend her own mistake for having love affair sexually with the husband of her best friend, Sarah. So Juno plan on discovering a new cave, hopefully it can be named after her & Sarah, in a way to apologize for her mistake of friendship's betrayal.

Yet what's done was done, you can't fix what's wrong you've done. But you can at least admit & ask for forgiveness. Just don't drag everyone else into more danger. Why choose the hardest path for an apology when you can simply do it by saying "I'm sorry..."

So the first story ended showing Sarah succeeded in finding her way out of the haunted cave, leaving everyone dead inside it to be eaten by the creatures that Juno called as 'DEATH' in 'THE DESCENT PART 2' (2009 film).

In this PART 2 showed the lucky Juno survived the terror inside the haunted cave. But this time around, the guilt was with Sarah who left Juno fought the creatures with one leg injured (by Sarah) during their final journey to escape (in PART 1).

When you lie to someone, you thought you can get away from it. Well... if you lie more than once, each of the lie will be an iron bar to build a prison for you.

Sarah seemed to have more lies compared to Juno in PART 2. She lied her way to escape, she lied to save others, she lied to betray Juno, she even lied her way out of her own misery! She's a liar to herself that has made her trapped in her own prison.

In the end, Sarah has no way to escape but trapped in her own guilt after discovered proved that Juno is still a best friend she first knew—someone who will do anything for her friends' joyous moment. Yet, Sarah who kept her heart with vengeance always in doubt to tolerate forgiveness.

So the journey of 'THE DESCENT PART 2' is a journey to amend betrayal so it can become trust again. But, it's not that easy when all around you are DEATH & your route to escape is covered by darkness. Even worse, to avoid DEATH is to be in silence. Therefore helping others is not an option to escape from feeling guilty. There's no time to be afraid, there's no time to envy, there's no time to get emotional, there's only time for you to find your way out & escape.. silently.

"Don't worry, it's just your mind playing tricks on you." said Sarah once to Elen Rios in order to comfort the lady. But in fact, she meant it to remind herself too because she has more fear to herself than any of the terrifying DEATH that is hunting her. Because if she was able to escape from the cave, she would still being end up guilty leaving Juno as bait to the DEATH!

"Everything you just said, you tell it to her face. We're not dead yet."

— Sarah Carter