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Descendant [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]

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An intriguing premise undermined by weak performances, uninspired direction and some illogical plotting.
Jeremy London greatly overacts his role of Ethan Poe, a descendant of Edgar Allan Poe, who is working on his latest novel. Pre-Gray's Anatomy Katherine Heigl is okay in her role of another Poe descendant. Poe himself appears as a ghostly apparition haunting Ethan. It doesn't take too long to realize young Ethan isn't playing with a full deck. A series of brutal murders leads local cop Nick Stabile to suspect London.
It's all laid out in a smarmy neo-Gothic style with pseudo-erotic undertones.
Could have been better with a better actor than London and a higher thrill quotient.

This is a very different Kh from greys anatomy , her TV series.

katherine Heigl can disappear into a character and this story, though rather scary, keeps up the pace and a surprise ending.
I would recommend this video to anyone who like this kind of semi-scary entertainment. Of course , the ending is not really original but still good.

Before most Hollywood Videos closed here in Abq, NM I bought this movie. There wasn't many movies left to choice from. I bought five other movies, which all sucked. I was expecting this movie to suck just as much. But surprisingly it wasn't bad. It's not the best movie out there, but I look forward to watching it.

Bleh! I bought this primarily because it was directed by HORROR OF PARTY BEACH's Del Tenney. He may have moved up in technical chops, but the story is a dreary mess without the promised-for horror and eroticism! It's one of the rare instances where I thought the DVD company should have paid me to watch it!

This movie is so off target. It wants to be a clever thriller/mystery but there are no thrills and the only mystery is when will this junk end. It was written by William Katt who's claim to fame is the 80's TV show greatest america hero. Unless you thought that was great emmy worthy TV you will not want to see this.