The ending is darkly vengeful, as others have mentioned, but, otherwise, "The Game-Keeper's Son" follows the basic chase formula--except that there are actually two chases here--popular in early cinema and instrumental in the development of continuity editing and, thus, narrative cinema. This one, with the poaching and weapons use, is especially reminiscent of one of the earliest chase films, "A Desperate Poaching Affray" (1903), but without the innovative reverse angle shots. This Gaumont film credited to Alice Guy does well, however, to exploit the rocky natural landscape. Besides the continuity editing across 11 shots, there's also one instance, at least, of panning to keep action within frame.