Heartless (2009) ( Heart less )

Heartless (2009) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Heart less
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Philip Ridley

Written By:
Philip Ridley

Actors:
Jim Sturgess ..... Jamie Morgan
Clémence Poésy ..... Tia
Noel Clarke ..... A.J.
Luke Treadaway ..... Lee Morgan
Justin Salinger ..... Raymond Morgan
Fraser Ayres ..... Vinnie
Ruth Sheen ..... Marion Morgan
David Florez ..... Local Resident #1
Nikita Mistry ..... Belle
Timothy Spall ..... George Morgan
Connie Hyde ..... Linda
Nadia Theaker ..... Charlie
David Sibley ..... Sociologist
Imogen Church ..... News Reporter
Joseph Mawle ..... Papa B

Synopsis:

In East London, Jamie Morgan is a disturbed twenty-five year old photographer who misses his deceased father and has a complex due to his birthmark on the left side of his face and shoulder. In his neighborhood, gangs are more prevalent and there are a series of unresolved brutal murders in the area. Jamie lives a reclusive life with his beloved mother Marion and works in a studio with his brother Ray and his nephew Lee. When Jamie sees the aspirant model Tia taking photos with Ray and Lee, he develops a crush on her. When Jamie visits his father's grave with his mother at the cemetery, they are attacked and Marion is burned to death and Jamie is battered. Then his neighbor and former gang member A.J. is murdered on the streets. Jamie buys a pistol for self-protection and is ready to commit suicide but is summoned by the the Devil AKA Papa B. The Devil suggest that he will remove his birthmark in return for a favor.

Jamie Morgans life has always been blighted by the large, heart-shaped birthmark on his face. He lives in an urban world dominated by a terrifying gang culture, whose random violence has convinced Jamie that the world is meaningless and ugly. But then Jamie meets someone who tells him the truth. The violence is not random. Its far from chaotic. There is a reason for everything. Once Jamie accepts this the world reveals itself as a thing of great beauty And thats when his real nightmare starts[D-Man2010]A contemporary Faust themed story centers on a young man (Jim Sturgess) who is tricked into a deal with a demon and then fights to save his soul.

The director Philip Ridley scares up a sinister-spooky atmosphere straightaway in 'Heartless," a horror movie that's art-house aspirational and involves violence, madness, faith and the evil that men, demons or just filmmakers do. Set in a contemporary East London churning with dark shadows and inexplicable savagery, this digitally shot, visually murky movie is a muddle of tones ranging from the grotesque to the queasily comic to the absurd. Among the horrors paraded across the screen is a gang of toughs in hoodies who set innocents afire for no real reason other than that it suits the director's overwrought imagination.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 October, 2011.