i just watch the descendant on the opening night in montreal . i have very mixed feeling about this film . the cinematography in this film isn not bad and although it suffer from be shoot on video . the story be unusual and keep me interested until the tasteless twist at the end ( more about that later ) . the film have a unique flavor to it . the setting and the prop be very effective in create a certain mood and the set designer have pay lot of attention to detail . unfortunately and there be other aspect of the movie that be not equally impress . the acting be overall terrible ( the middle age lady in the bar and the bartender be the 2 exception ) . all actor play on different level represent from extreme overacting ( the evil old man ) to extreme under act ( the young main character ) . this inconsistency lead to the fact that none of the character seem believable the editing be terrible and sometimes it so confuse that scene that be mean to be realistic appear a psychedelic dream scene . there be many superfluous horror montage or flash that have little to do with the story and just distract the viewer . the continuity be awful too and the script girl must have be out of coffee during the shoot if they even have one . there be especially many mistake where the character seem to look beside each other instead of at each other and due to badly match camera angle . there be many detail in the storyline that be confuse . why be the main character so keen on walk around in the corn field and when each time he do so he get catch by bear trap . why doesn not the old couple react at all when the guy bring out their music box to the garden and start play loud music in the middle of the night . i like the fact that this film avoid unnecessary gore and but sometimes it just become a little bit too child friendly . in one scene a woman and her dog be be ambush by 4 villain in the wood . the villain surround her and carry big knife and baseball bat . the camera turn away and we hear the woman scream and the dog cry and and we be certain that they be meet a horrific death . but a few scene later they reappear . the lady hairdo be a bit mess up and the dog have a band aid on the knee and apart from that they seem to be healthy and happy . despite and or maybe because of all this and i actually find the movie very charming and quite intriguing . until the end and where the film all of a sudden bring up a new theme represent it comment on the canadian history of slavery and the inhuman treatment of black slave at nigger rock . this be a dark and until recently hide part of canadian history . of course this be a very important subject to bring up and but not in the context of this kind of a horror movie . it just not the right forum for discuss such a serious topic that involve so much real human suffering .