Review of Heart of America (2003) by John M — 17 May 2010

Uwe Boll does Columbine?! It's the events that lead to a shooting that very much resembles that of the massacre that happened at Columbine High School in 1999, sort of a re-imagining. It all takes place one fateful morning on the last day of school, telling what 8-10 students were up to the hour before shit hits the fan.

Of all the subject matters for Boll to tackle, this one is the most puzzling, but then again, I still haven't seen Darfur. Right from the title menu on the DVD, you know he got the tone all wrong from the hard rock music, and really, that's what feels most wrong: the tone.

It feels a lot closer to a soap opera than a serious movie about troubled children; everybody is a kid with problems, and nobody has a range to work in; they're all just angst-filled teens. There isn't anything subtle about it and you really have to question why anybody would make this movie if they weren't going to approach it as a character study.