Heartless (2009)
British horror today from writer/director Philip Ridley and staring Jim Sturgess. There are monsters on the streets of London as a young man with a large birth mark on his face tries to come to terms with his place in the world.
There are a number of interesting elements in this film such as the nature of modern street crime, what would a person do to achieve the life they want and questions of mental stability. Unfortunately there are just too many ingredients in this film and it ends up not really being sure what it wants to be. We end up with most elements of the film not being fully realised or explored due to the cluttered and shifting nature of the plot. The ending in particular is rushed and confusing, ending up drifting a long way from the promising start.
3/5 not bad but a really good film got lost in here somewhere.
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