Review of Heart of America (2003) by Sebastian G — 18 Apr 2008

As a horror-movie fan I've been taught that Uwe Boll is equal to the devil in terms of evil and corruption of the soul. That is just not the case, and Heart of America is an exceptional film about teens involved in a school shooting.

It really builds slowly and deliberately, making you really get into the heads of our 'protagonists'. The direction is very effective and deliberately showcasing the moral dilemma not just of the depressed teens who have long lost the will to recover, but also the conflict of being a bully.

It's quite a deep and intrigueing film, the only thing that was slightly too quick, surprising for a film with such a great slow deliberate cumulation of tension and anger, was the ultimate resolution which started very well, and then kind of 'rushed' into the death.

But it was very much true to what you'd expect of a real tragedy of this scale. A very good film, and Uwe Boll shows himself a very capable film-maker.