As he goes deeper into the cave, he gets stuck in a small passageway. John makes a decision to split up and explore an un-mapped route.
After Emily leaves with Josh's car, the two brothers enter the cave.
Emily approves because of John's enthusiasm and he and Josh go to explore the cave. They are picked up by John's brother Josh, who tells him that the Nutty Putty Cave has been opened after having been closed before. In 2009, John Jones, a 26-year-old medical student and experienced caver, arrives in Utah for the Thanksgiving weekend with his wife Emily and young daughter Lizzie. It stars Chadwick Hopson, Alexis Johnson, Landon Henneman, Jyllian Petrie, and Jacob Omer. The film was produced by Deep Blue Films, Cocollala Pictures, and Dark Rider Productions and distributed by Excel Entertainment Group. It is based on the 2009 rescue attempt of John Edward Jones in Nutty Putty Cave, west of Utah Lake. The Last Descent is a 2016 American biographical survival drama film co-written and directed by Isaac Halasima, and is his first feature-length film.