Heartless

2009

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 76% · 38 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 47% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 10497 10.5K

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Plot summary

The story follows Jamie, a troubled young man with a birthmark on his face, which has left him feeling isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End of London, an area notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According to news reports, the gangs are now wearing demon masks. But, one night, Jamie discovers the terrifying truth.

Director

Top cast

Timothy Spall as George Morgan
Joseph Mawle as Papa B
Eddie Marsan as Weapons Man
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1000.51 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
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1.77 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by samkan 7 / 10

Good, But Tries To Do Too Much

This is a "psychological" thriller as much or more than a horror film. First, Jim Sturgess is excellent and has a brilliant career ahead of him. Why we haven't seen more of Joseph Mawie, the "devil" character, over the years is beyond me. Mawie is extremely creepy and steals his scenes. Timothy Spall and Ed Marson are underrated, though you've seen them a thousand times.The depiction of dark London is well done. And the supernatural elements are well introduced, conservatively used and blended well with the psychological travails of our main character. But there is so much going on that at times I caught myself trying to piece bits together to guess at what I was supposed to be guessing at. The "neighbor" functions as a good foil but we're led to believe he has/will have something to do with the plot, which he really doesn't. The "nephew" subplot, though of some importance to a a late plot explanation, becomes annoying early on and the actor is less than convincing.Fun nonetheless. Difficult to make a passable horror film these days.
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Reviewed by weemonk 7 / 10

Trippy insane

*May be spoilers*

Jamie is born with facial/body defects which he feels hampers his life and his chances for love. In a world of escalating violence, which personally affects him when he loses his mother, he is offered the chance for the life he wants at the cost of more violence by a strange character.

I wasn't familiar with the director's previous works and watched this film with limited knowledge of what it was about barring the few reviews here on IMDb. This film was quite trippy and definitely a bit insane....but all in a good way.

All the way through the film I was trying to guess where it was going, what the conclusion would be, what the twist would be. Every time I felt I'd settled on something the film took another direction. This in itself makes for entertainment when watching something - continuing to watch to see where a film goes and to find out exactly what was going on....I've even come back on here and used google to find other reviews to try and clarify some points in the film which have left me a bit confused.

There was a clever mix of genres in this film as it plays mainly as horror but has elements of drama/thriller and comedy - and they all work.

'Heartless' is not without it's flaws and it does begin to feel like it's dragging around the 85 min mark. You may also come away from watching feeling some mild confusion as I do not think everything was explained as clearly as it may have been (or might just be me).

This film is certainly different and entertaining to boot....which are 2 things combined that you don't too often find nowadays when watching a film.

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