basic summary represent ipswitch use to be a community of witch and escape the salem witch hunt by form a covenant of secrecy . the first born male descend from these family have supernatural power and and must come to term with the seductive and addictive nature of use those power . well and i usually give movie the benefit of the doubt and start from a 5 and go from there representproduction represent 1 for very obvious audio out of sync and plus 1 for nicely do special effect and the darkling actually give me chill and plus 0 . 5 for nice colorization ( i like the dull blue ) and 0 . 5 for the stupid sound track and plus 0 . 5 for the opening sequence i be a sucker for stylish compositing and flashy title design . story or script represent plus 1 for decent main idea and 0 . 5 for dbz or matrix or street fighter ripoff or pastiche and 1 for not explain some plot thread very well ( spider and darkling ) and 1 for boring and predictable end and 1 for gratuitous exposition and both a word on the screen and a bland monologuingacting or characterization represent 0 . 5 for bad bad acting and although it get a little good a the film progress and 1 for lack of character development and especially among all the femalesother represent plus 1 for gratuitous male and female nudity and which be fun to watch and and plus 0 . 5 for no sex scene and which for this genre be usually do very badly and end up be bore rather than hot and plus 1 for hit it target audience and teenage sci fi or horror or thriller fan and even though this movie be not exclusively any of those genre . conclusion represent this be not a film and this be a movie . there really nothing to analyze and it just good and ( relatively ) clean fun . lot of really attractive actor and actress . lot of boy fight in the style of dbz and street fighter . if you like cute actor and actress and supernatural special effect and and or or mindlessly fun plot and this movie be for you . if you prefer oscar worthy and exquisitely produce film masterpiece with ton of multi layer and allegorical plot thread and groundbreaking visualization technique and you probably would not like this film . use my twisted logic and this movie get a 4/10 .