The Last Descent - Official Theatrical Trailer

[@rottyangel770]

This man died an agonizing, long, horrible death. No matter how you feel about how he got in to his circumstances, have some measure of empathy for him. I think it makes some people feel better to call him names and say what a fool he was because they think something like this would never happen to them. I personally wouldn't want to be "tempting the fates" by saying that, even if I were thinking it. All of us have made decisions that could have resulted in disaster, even if we were unaware of it.

[@Madnessonman]

Yeah, but most of us have never gone to these extremes on adventures or we play it smarter. So I find it impossible to have any empathy for this idiot. Like I went on a backpack camping hike. I didn't last as long as I wanted to because I was running out of water even though I had plenty of containers but there just weren't enough drinkable sources between my stops. (I dunno how others do/did it.) So I called for help and left sooner than I wanted to but I wasn't so dumb to keep on going without water. I'll go back and finish the rest some other time.

[@illinoisflyfishing1612]

Madnessonman cool story bro

[@googleslocik]

I dont agree, you dont live in vacuum, he became a burden to his family and the society that had to support a rescue mission only due to his own recklessness and stupidity. The idea we should feel bad for every moron that gets himself killed is just bizzare, how many people do 300km in a sports car in a rainy night only do get spread over 1km long distance when they crash. Do you really feel bad for them, especially when they kill other people? I can honestly say i hate all those reckless adrenaline junkies.

[@jennwill80]

@@Madnessonman Are you kidding me? You don't have empathy for him? You're a real tool.

[@jennwill80]

@@googleslocik Annnndddd, you're tool #2. Unreal to me that God allows people like you and Madnessonman to live and good men like John Jones to die in a tragic way. Such an injustice.

[@BrianProthero]

Nutty Putty was a fun and popular cave. I have a lot of fun memories in that cave. It was a disappointment when the cave was sealed with concrete after years of threatening to do so (someone would get stuck in the narrow passages every year); but to be sealed as a tomb, leaving behind a wife and newborn baby, was tragic. What a sad story.

[@taeghenmarie3454]

Sad that a took someone to get stuck and die, and still be left there for it to be sealed.

[@loganwales21]

@@taeghenmarie3454 agreed :(

[@tonyahamill38]

Just saw. The movie is well done. Praise to the producers, actors, directors and the plethora of people involved. Thank you to the families for sharing this moving story and the life of such a wonderful man. Thank you to Emily. The movie feels gritty and real. Nothing feels sugar-coated. The stories of John's relationships with family members drive the movie forward making it both interesting and thought provoking. Even knowing the outcome, I was genuinely intrigued all the way through. I went to the movie out of respect for the dead and the family, and came away with more respect for John as a person and for the beauty and gift of life in general. I came away loving my little ones and my husband a little bit more. Thank you again for this beautiful production.

[@ionrogue7080]

straight up Tonya

[@joecloonan3218]

hey how did you watch it, i cant find it anywhere its so annoying hhaha

[@19Lenoch92]

They left the body in the sealed cave. Therefore it created incredible archaeological evidence. It will remain preserved in such conditions for eternity. Soft tissues will eventually rot or dry, but bones and clothing won't. This man is like future Ötzi. Someone may find him again in millions of years

[@certiphi3546]

19Lenoch92 and then make up a story about him being a God

[@Madnessonman]

Not knowing the idiot he was.

[@Seek1878]

Rats don't hang around in sealed caves.

[@Mythrays1]

In millions of years it'll be way deeper.

[@taeghenmarie3454]

Well I mean they only left his body due to the fact that they truly couldn't get him out. They went as far as breaking his legs to get it out, but not even then... their only option was to seal it with cement and close the cave off... truly devastating.

[@markdumas]

There is a you tube documentary on this poor soul and it suggests he kept going because he believed there was a wider opening to turn around, and he misjudged what he was seeing. Some people make dumb decisions under stress. He would have been fine, sadly, had he stopped about 10 feet before where he ended. He exhaled to make room to wiggle and peer over the final lip and slid down a bit, and when he inhaled he became even more stuck. As he wiggled to try to work backwards it only made things worse and he slid further down. He probably honestly thought he could make it. Emergency crews were there quickly. We can arm chair quarterback this all day but an electric wench with a steel cable might could have done it, especially if they could have gotten it attached properly. They needed to get him anesthesia and break his knees backwards as well. When they did try to pull him his feet hit the top of the cave near the lip he slid over and his knees couldn't naturally bend backwards. Go check out the documentary video about 20 mins long.

[@KevAng039]

I was just going to ask that from what I recently read, getting him out was near impossible because when they tried, his feet hit the top here he was stuck. Poor guy probably regretted that last 5-1 feet. I am gonna try to watch this digitally if I can, I am intrigued by the story in general.

[@no-more-mercyy1888]

This story is every claustrophobic persons worst nightmare. I feel so terribly bad

[@jennwill80]

This story has kept my attention for days now. I even had a nightmare about it last night. I just can't even imagine the psychological torture of his last day of life. I don't completely understand why the rescuers and family members agreed to leave him down there. The last thing he wanted in this world was to get out of that damn cave. Although, I get it's easy for me to say I'd recover his body, and I have no understanding of how the family came to that terrible decision they had to make. John and his extended family seem like incredible people.

[@philpritchettphan]

He kept sliding further and further down, it was deemed too big a risk to the rescuers to pull the corpse out. The way the extremely narrow chute twisted like a corkscrew made it far too risky :(

[@shawnpuskar2464]

It would not have been worth risking other people's lives to pull out his body. Not to mention, it would have been harder because his body was no longer as pliable. I actually thought the same thing as you, that it's sad that he had to stay where he died.

[@ionrogue7080]

We just paid respect for this man at the theater, I love how they totally delivered a spiritual representation of his life, what a strong MAN, GOD BLESS YOU JOHN.

[@nadzya22]

I wonder what was his last words, knowing that he reached the point of no return. it's beyond depressing.

[@liammiller2407]

His last words were inaudible screams in pain of the toxins built up in his brain

[@htdtr]

Screams of pain arent really last words though. I'd say she meant what were his last conscious words as he came to realise he might die.

[@Mvinifeijo]

"Is he OK? I think he’s really hurt bad." Those were his last words, concerned about the last man that tried to save him and hurt his face really bad. The father of this injured man was the one at the cave in this moment, hearing Johns last words.

[@TomeRodrigo]

Perhaps your body goes into unexpressable peace...

[@aonar1]

Still thinking about it a day later. I was unaware of the event so did not see it coming. Broke my heart.

[@jackquinnes]

There are unforgiving places and spots, caves and depths, heights and falls on this life-sustaining planet, entering there you cannot make errors .RIP, John Jones.

[@JT-ih4xj]

Rest in Peace John. God bless your family 🙏🏻

[@vonalysongreg2780]

haven't watched the film yet, but I'm crying now just by reading your comments I'm not sure now if I even wanted to break my heart even more by watching it

[@agirlnamedchuck]

I'm going to need a box of tissues for this one.

[@colinjava8447]

@@k4H083 I saw that one coming

[@MrDome110]

Sad story :( My friend (really skilled caveman/speleologis/teacher on geologist university) once stuck on the cave like John here in Slovakia during exploring the new ways/paths in the cave (mentioned cave is not public = I can go the cave only with the other guys from that speleologist club), thanks to different cave structure (more space above/arround the stuck spot) other friends were able to pull him out very easily... RIP John...

[@josephlarson5398]

I listened to a Q&A from the actors and Chadwick Hopson is the reason this movie worked. Go find an interview from him. I re-watched it after hearing him talk. He deserves more praise.

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

he even looks like the real life guy

[@telonio9]

We never ever descent with the head in a cave. You always descent uprights so anytime you have control of your body movement no matter the situation. Also, if the passage is not horizontal, then you have always attached a caving rope to your gear. You should definitely not visit caves with such narrow passages if you are not certified speleologist. I am impressed that before mr Jones and his friends visit, in the previous years, there were some people were got stuck in there. So why someone didn't put a hatch with lock in the entrance, so only speleologist's can visit?

[@dolphdangles1322]

Lol shut up you humblebragging gatekeeper.

[@fair09]

People tend to forget that the Jaws of life don't work against mountains.

[@josephwest2029]

I was one of the boy scouts that went into the cave when I was just around 14 years old. I remember going into a passage headfirst and it opened up into a larger cavern. the passage was only big enough for a skinny kid to fit through. our scout master dean Shower hammer was on the other side and said he could not fit in to see what we were doing. there was 4 of us scouts in this cavern shining a flashlight down a shaft we could not see the bottom of and throwing pebbles down it trying to figure out how deep it went... a hole that was big enough for an elephant to fall into it that went straight down. on the way out of the cave I remember not knowing the way out and following my friend Steve strong. he borrowed my flashlight to step over a hole in the ground that dropped 15 ft and didn't tell me. it was dark and I fell into the hole following him. my chest and arms hit the edges of the hole with my legs dangling. He turned around and helped me get out and I made it out of the cave. the memory still seems crazy to me.

[@Lopunnygirl323]

I wish I could miss this movie.😞

[@KM-ql4eb]

I cannot watch this 😢

[@reginaperry727]

Not sure I can watch it... Its gonna be a tear jerker.. I feel horrible for anyone that gets themselves in such a predicament. Sad

[@doesrealityexist]

He had a wife a kid and another kid on the way and made a decision to keep putting himself in a confined area of an unknown (to him) cave. What kind of person makes these kinds of decisions in life? I went into the Nutty Putty Cave myself in 1991 and I was in there for an hour with a group of BYU students, leaving the cave was all I wanted to do, I could make no sense of being down there for any reason.

[@20Bhoover]

IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE ENJOYMYSELF INCLUDED. IT WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GO SPELUNKING EVERY YEAR WITH NO PROBLEMS. THESE THINGS HAPPEN. YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF DIEING IN A CAR ACCIDENT THAN IN A CAVE. HE WAS ENJOYING LIFE AND SEEING WHAT MOTHER NATURE HAD TO OFFER. IF YOU LIKE TO PLAY IT SAFE ALL YOUR LIFE THATS ON YOU BUT DON'T DOWNGRADE SOMEONE WHO LIKES ADVENTURE AND SEEING ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION WILL NEVER SEE

[@liammiller2407]

Did you go through the birth canal?

[@Frissdas1207]

what a dumbass comment. If you understood anything about caving you wouldn't even ask that.

[@johnmcho]

Since you asked, I can tell you I will tell you what kind of person he was. There are few people I have known that were more caring and thoughtful. He was a great husband and took his responsibilities seriously. He had many traits that I aspire to have in my own character. This was nothing more than a tragic accident, not a dereliction of duty. That said, I do understand your perspective that once a husband and father, you're sense of adventure may need to take a backseat to your responsibility to those who rely on you. I do not disagree with that stance. I do however disagree with the assertion that flaws in John's character is what lead him to these tragic circumstances. There are few better people.

[@Szarko32c]

So it's a movie about natural selection.

[@johansmallberries9874]

I'm all for adventure and seeing new things.. But rocks in the dark? What's the appeal? This isn't some incredibly stalagmite formation. It's fissures in bedrock.

[@brightonnielsen880]

I new the guy who died in the nutty putty cave he was my moms friends husband he went to medical school with my dad in Virginia

[@pb4travel]

wtf

[@m.t.426]

So sorry!

[@backchat8086]

Some of the comments here are very worrying ...well to be honest,disgusting. Have people become so desensitised and cold that they have no empathy?

[@amerlad]

CLAUSTERPHOBIA FUCKCCC

[@maarcoo97]

1:45 does anybody know the music?

[@maiabh]

i can't find this ANYWHERE

[@SonyaLCH]

Knowing how this ended, I don't think I want to watch this.

[@JeanneGreenfield-v5k]

I would need to be in a very calm, stable frame of mind. I'm not going to watch it until I know it won't make the rest of my day, week or month totally depressed.

[@mysterypotatocat]

breaks my heart.

[@princess131985]

is this related to the descent movies?

[@AlzMarioWolfe]

No

[@germanylicious]

was this in Utah?

[@jeffreymurray2661]

Yep it sure is

[@DP-zm2bd]

I’m glad I quit caving on the day I was born!

[@sanjidasharmin798]

1 2 3 pull

[@umerwaheed9921]

what the f**k they make this movie but its only trailer available every where ...can some one tell me where i see this movie

[@taeghenmarie3454]

Download it illegally

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

its literally legally free on KZbin with Ads

[@Ticklehug]

He got stuck and died right?

[@jaredgrammer7134]

yes and he died near were i live in utah

[@ionrogue7080]

jared grammer I live in Ogden I actually got trapped in a cave in St George, luckily for me there was another way out, people if you're gonna go caving stay in a place where you can stand, at least, it's just not worth it any other way

[@paipgetah]

Why they don’t use driller?

[@Mimi89_7]

I know right they could atleast get his body out

[@taeghenmarie3454]

@@Mimi89_7 He was too deep. 150' under the surface. Kinda would've been difficult to drill him out. But I agree, it's sad they left him in there.

[@kokosammie]

I guess it wouldn't fit and where his body is stuck is farther thank the part where you could fit the equipment

[@ayeshaabdullatif9293]

Oh my God. What a a horrible way to die 😓😱

[@LeesUp]

At one point, they almost freed him alive. After confirming his death, why wouldn't they quickly duplicate their "almost successful attempt" to successful remove the body before the body stiffened up. At that point, I'm sure the family would've been fine with them breaking whatever bone needed to free his corpse. #Disclaimer I have no experience in the subject at hand.

[@nokiarsxzmika]

He was dropped and due to it slipped even further down, then sadly died ... once dead they apparently even didn't suceed even after breaking his legs(knees)... it says the part is formed like a corkscrew so everytime it goes furhter down he is twisted more

[@satannn]

he slid further down, they already struggled to try pulling him out the first time and almost caused a fatality in the process when it broke as a metal piece hit the rescuer in the face. i doubt they would have wanted to risk even more lives to retrieve it, especially with his body sliding further in.

[@mysterymaskedgirl716]

How did he get in the hole?

[@brightonnielsen880]

He was with his brothers in those caves and he was in one he had never been in and he got stuck

[@CherryHead89]

What I don't understand is. In many KZbin countdowns or documentaries about this accident, they say that his feet hit the ceiling when they tried to pull him out. Even had to break his legs to get him out of there. How is it possible he got there to begin with without issues. But his legs are now in the way so to say?

[@sheoakgirl]

they never got him out. and a person can maneuver their own legs much better than an outsider manipulating them, so maybe that?

[@CR092888]

I think it was all about the angle. The angle of the cave was steep where he fell, and his legs hit the ceiling. Sort of like a barbed hook: it can move forward but not backwards because the barb.

[@CR092888]

honestly, if it were me and the situation was looking fatal, I might have asked them to amputate my legs to get me out.

[@robertf6409]

He was 200 pounds and gravity did the work of sucking him into the hole. To reverse that was the point of the pulley system but it had to deal with friction and the soft clay the cams were attached to which ended up breaking. The actual location he was made it extremely limited who could even reach him, only smaller people could maneuver there and so would be weaker and unable to pull the larger man out. Also if you think of the angle he was trapped (imagine looking at the back of someones legs if they were upside down), to pull him was to be forcing the knees to go the opposite direction, which is why the only option was breaking them. There was not enough leverage, or space to overcome the natural effects of gravity especially as the person trapped grows weaker, who then can't help by pushing themselves.

[@brka7551]

This movie is in poor taste. We know damn well he is not going to make it. Why try to sensationalize the last agonizing hours of this man's death? Why on Earth would anyone want to see this death re-enacted? This is not like 127 hours where he lives and the story is an overall triumph. I feel sick to even think of this.

[@mnemosftb]

So all movies must have a happy ending? What about all world war 2 movies? We know that millions of Jews are going to get killed, is that sensationalizing death? How is this movie any different?

[@tigercat418]

dny Germany is better

[@Luckiestof13]

How do you watch any WWII movie or anything? Get a grip. Life is too short to freak put over this. You must love Charlie Sheens 9/11 movie!!!!

[@AngelaMartinez-wx7rq]

Your comment is in poor taste. The story is just as much about the pain a distress and loss of the girl, Emily. It is a memorial to the husband and father she lost. I knew her personally in high school; she is the most loving, brilliant and pure heart I know. I applaud her for sharing her tragedy and pain and resilience with the world.

[@dodonghamis3132]

Its a real life event a true story not a disney movie. Stupid! 😂

[@Raroooa]

This is the most depressing story. How come they were unable to get him out of there?

[@KevAng039]

Because of the way he slid in, picture yourself laying on your stairs on your stomach with something above you 18 inches from the ground and your legs, from mid thigh to your feet are at the top above the top step. You can’t back up and I’m a rescue worker trying to pull you by your feet, but when I do, your feet hit the cave ceiling, so the only way to get you out is to break both your knees so your feet won’t hit the cave ceiling.

[@meaningoftheunicorn]

@@KevAng039 And he had been on his head so leg that if they broke his legs he would have died from shock.

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

leverage it made his 200lbs like trying to lift out 500

[@jamielehman4934]

My childhood friend, Alexis plays his wife. If she becomes super famous, I have a picture of she and I on a bike when we were kids, to prove that I knew her :-)

[@Madnessonman]

Yeah, I have a picture of a boy and a girl who I cut out of a Sears catalog and tell everyone I meet that I knew Michelle Williams when we were kids.

[@jackmusdash]

Good for you lady

[@dolphdangles1322]

Cool story Jamie. Too bad she’s still not famous and nobody would care if she was

[@Chara_Dreemurr001]

The replies to this comment are so rude 💀 That’s a cool story, thank you internet stranger

[@m.t.426]

Ok.

[@SRdrastik]

To bad he died

[@NEWTHINGS39]

😢😢😭😭😭

[@awatson1968]

sad

[@DougRatmanLMAO]

Why, what's the point of this movie?

[@DougRatmanLMAO]

***** To entertain or convey a message, this movie does not sound entertaining nor does it carry a message (besides don't go places where it's too small for you to go :( ) this movie just looks depressing.

[@TheDoorMatt9]

Doug, is it because it hits close to home? I used to play in Nutty Putty caves and at first I felt the same as you do. But an amazing story, even a tragic one, sometimes needs to be told.

[@michellejohansen6281]

They wanted people to know how strong this man was in his final moments, what a positive spirit he had. They wanted his story to be told, to be remembered.

[@DougRatmanLMAO]

Roy Lavecchia (facepalm)

[@paulspydar]

I wonder who makes the profit from this sad event?

[@jeffallen5799]

Wait - he died? You guys ruined it for me!

[@shelbyacre5264]

It's based on the true story of the man that died in nutty putty cave

[@kayen4274]

Qui est la grace a squeezie

[@Madnessonman]

How exciting can this movie really be knowing the end? And what happened to making movies with smart people who win in the end instead of idiots who are stuck and almost die (128 Hours) and who actually die? Idiocracy is really happening and it is here.

[@jackmusdash]

Your lack of empathy is alarming.

[@jesushurtado718]

Darwinism at its finest lmao

[@robertjensen1048]

They closed a fabulous and great site just because of one man’s recklessness. Ever notice how it only takes one person to ruin something for the rest of us?

[@poeitroe7299]

people got stuck in it quite frequently. you’ll live on not going in a dangerous tight cave . find another one, and mourn this man’s horrible death instead of being annoyed because u can’t have “fun”

[@AlzMarioWolfe]

@@poeitroe7299He still would’ve survived if he went feet first into that tight space. That’s what you’re supposed to do.

[@poeitroe7299]

@@AlzMarioWolfe and yeppp I don’t care. Someone else was gonna do it eventually if not him

[@AlzMarioWolfe]

@@poeitroe7299 I agree that spelunkers are braindead don’t get me wrong but everyone else got out before him so

[@Chowbizful]

what's the point of making a film on a person that couldn't even been saved ...

[@kumquatjiminie2455]

Chowbizful to make you feel

[@KevAng039]

Same reason millions went to see a movie about a ship that still hits the iceberg.

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

tell his story