Heartless 2009
- Director: Philip Ridley
- Based on novel: no
- Cast: Jim Sturgess, Clemence Poésy, Luke Treadaway, Justin Salinger, Noel Clarke, Ruth Sheen, Timothy Spall, Joseph Mawle, Eddie Marsan
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Jim Sturgess – Cloud Atlas, The Other Boleyn Girl, Across the Universe
- Clemence Poésy – The Hollow Crown, Harry Potter, 127 Hours, In Bruges
- Luke Treadaway – Fortitude, The Hollow Crown, Vicious, Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, Attack the Block
- Noel Clarke – Doctor Who
- Justin Salinger – Doctor Who, Humans, Velvet Goldmine
- Ruth Sheen – Unforgotten, Mister Turner, Another Year, Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky, Vera Drake
- Timothy Spall – Mister Turner, Harry Potter, The King’s Speech, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, Auf Wiedersehn Pet, My House in Umbria, Nicholas Nickleby, Love’s Labour Lost, Topsy-Turvy, Our Mutual Friend, Hamlet, Secrets and Lies, Life is Sweet, Gothic, Quadrophenia
- Joseph Mawle – Made in Dagenham, Merlin
- Eddie Marsan - River, Filth, The World’s End, Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows, Merlin, Sherlock Holmes, Happy-Go-Lucky, The Illusionist, V for Vendetta, Vera Drake, 21 Grams, Gangs of New York
- Why? Good cast. London.
- Seen: 7 July 2019
The year’s scariest film? Oh dear,
and we’re a couple of real cowards.
Jamie (Sturgess) is a photographer in
the East End slums of London. He has a heart-shaped birthmark on his face that
makes him try to hide away from bullies. Tia (Poésy) wants to be a model but
she really delivers flowers.
Jamie lives with his mum (Sheen). His
dad (Spall) has died and Jamie still misses him. He is suicidal over his
birthmark. He just wants to be normal, have a normal life, a family. His new
neighbour and friend AJ (Clarke) tries to cheer him up but he has problems of
his own.
Horrible murders are taking place in
the East End by a gang of masked monsters. Or are they masked? When Jamie
witnesses them murdering his mother, he gets himself a gun. Then AJ is attacked
by the monsters and Jamie is summoned by Papa B (Mawle).
Jamie sells his soul to the devil.
It’s a variation on the classic theme,
very powerfully done with earnest acting and strong London images.
4 * of 5
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