This post-apocalyptic Chilean film begins in an interesting way.Instead of showing the decimation of the world as we know it into a zombie-strewn, blasted wasteland, the terrible events are told through the narration and drawings of a child; the end of the world seen through a child's eyes. Except this child (Camille, played by Camille Lynch), and a handful of others, have been born with gill-like marks on their necks, making them immune from zombie bites and the sickness that accompanies them.When the film proper begins, it becomes apparent that this opening narration isn't an introduction to the story being told - it IS the story. What follows is a series of images, relentlessly punctuated by flashbacks (often the same flashbacks, repeated), of a group of children – each one displaying no acting ability whatsoever – either playing happily on swings, being chased by the living dead (from whom they have nothing to fear because of their 'gills'), or chased by soldiers eager to learn more about their immunity. And that is it. Story-wise, nothing happens until the end. Worst of all, the viewer is not given any inclination to care.Visually, things are more interesting. A lot of the colour has been bled from the images, and we are treated to a kind of sepia world, with only rolling contaminated orange skies and the bright redness of blood to enliven the vistas. The zombie transformations are effective, but undermined each time by the juveniles' utter lack of reaction to them – they are immune, so why should they worry? The children reach the ocean, and the swelling of triumphant music tells us this is a good thing, even when a giant digital octopus emerges and destroys a helicopter full of ever-present soldiers. The youngsters' transformation is complete, it seems, as Camille turns to the camera and reveals fully matured gills and webbed hands.

South American cinema at its most powerful. Jose Olguin, director of the fascinating film, Eternal Blood, has left a deep mark upon Chilean cinema and it is clear why his impact has been so profound with this masterpiece. This motion picture certainly is an attempt to reconcile Chile's history of military dictatorships and violation of human rights with the enlightened nation it has become. Beautifully filmed with stylistic cinematic flourish, the imagery is hauntingly stark and surrealistic in intent. Some of what is depicted involving the innocents is shocking but justifiable in light of the artistic purposes of the director. The film is unrated or NC- 17 because of the violence directed at children but these sequences are clearly misinterpreted in their true meaning as metaphor. In the end, Olquin refers stunningly to Magic Realism and the film's conclusion is overwhelmingly mesmerizing. A true treasure of Chile's cinematic legacy.

I just finished watching this movie and came to IMDb to see what others had to say. Let me tell you this, I had more fun and enjoyment reading the reviews than I did watching the movie. Everything I felt during the movie has already been explained in all of the other reviews. It's like deja v. I think Olguin and Garcias story could be so much better with the proper tweaking. They went way to far out with this one. Watching that little girl walking around was very boring and seemed to become unnecessary. I myself would have done things much differently. The terror factor was minus 10. The ridiculous factor was through the roof.And at the end I was just sitting here wishing I had my two bucks back that I spent on this disaster.I find myself oddly in the mood for calamari.

I received an option from Verizon for a free movie in their catalog for on demand movies so based on the cover and description I went with this. I tried looking for this movie at IMDb, but because of the wrong spelling of the word descendant, I couldn't find the movie. Figuring it was a zombie type of movie I didn't think it could be bad... boy was I wrong. After choosing this movie my friend found the IMDb for this movie and after reading the reviews I knew I had chosen POORLY! Despite the crappy trailer and the signs that I should not even watch this movie, I figured I might as well get my money's worth. For a free movie I feel ripped off because it was so bad I can't even begin to describe what I would do to the person or persons behind this film if I were to bump into them.The whole movie did not give much reasoning to anything going on in the film. The people with the guns went after the little kids and the zombies, as well as non-zombies with no guns. The zombies went after everyone except for the little kids. Why?? What made the kids special? What caused this whole mess with the zombies? Why would the little girl's mom tell her that the infected people wouldn't hurt her and then tell her to run away when she's turning herself?I seriously would have skipped this piece of crap if the reviews gave the ending, but because there was no mention of it I decided to see for myself. To save others from this misery when the mess of a "story" came to a close the kids find the sea where a giant octopussy smashes a bunch of army helicopters and the little girl then realizes she's "home". This was all based on a kid-drawn picture the little girl's mom had in front of her as she was turning with a boat in the sea. Seriously, WTF?!