Truly Dreadful Film

How sad is this?

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Being a proud member of Amazon.com's Vine reviewers, I found myself pondering why some movies were available on occasion (usually ones I've never heard of), while others were not. I also consider myself a responsible reviewer; in other words, I'll read, sample, or watch whatever it is I get from Amazon's Vine program, regardless of what it looks like on the outside. Unfortunately, a pattern is emerging for The Vine program films. These are the seldom heard of ones I mentioned earlier. To give you an idea as to what types of films are being offered through The Vine, I'll use this one — SHADOWHEART — as an example.First, let's take into consideration the fact that the film was produced by first-time film production company Desert Moon Pictures. Okay. So. Big deal. Now let's look at the main actor, Justin Ament. His film repertoire is not exactly stellar. He's had a lot of uncredited work (see "extra"), obviously trying to break into Hollywood's mainstream. He's written two screenplays: this one, and another for THE PATH OF EVIL. The Path of Evil, like Shadowheart, hasn't been lauded as very good cinema. But why? Well, the easy answer is that the films just aren't that well thought-out nor well put together. In Shadowheart, we see cliché after cliché, and old character after old character. It's a recycle mish-mash of seriously poor proportions. Think of just about every Italian western starring Clint Eastwood and you'll have seen every character in this film many times over.The only exception to the poor characters is Angus Macfadyen (best known for his role as Robert the Bruce in BRAVEHEART) as the wicked — but still cliché stereotype — Will Tunney. He played (perhaps overplayed) the role of the ruthless and amoral killer and made it, at the very least, fun to watch.Everything else in this story was completely predictable. When I saw the young protagonist with the young girl in the beginning, I knew what would befall them long before it actually happened. And when I saw the sheriff trying to take the dastardly Will Tunney to the next town for imprisonment and possible hanging, I knew they'd never make it there. And this list of obviousness goes on and on and on and on.So, getting back to my original quandary: why are some films available on The Vine and others aren't. Well, it's becoming painfully obvious now. Those DVDs that can't sell are given away in hopes of finding a sympathetic audience. But I simply cannot sympathize with drivel such as this. I'll write my review and post it for all to condone or trash, but I simply cannot give this film a positive spin when there's simply none to be found.

I liked the movie. I shot a movie at Paramount ranch and I really liked how they used the town. It is not very big and yet they gave it a very large western feel.Production Design was great.I thought the acting was great in some parts and just OK in others.The sound design and score was perfect. Subtle yet a character in itself.It very much had a faith feel to me. It was like a Christian movie for adults...until then end. It only looses this faith feel as the man carries out his vengeance. In fact, the big title line is: A Man Comes for Revenge....and Finds Redemption. However. he never finds redemption. He comes for Revenge and eventually gets it.Conclusion: a little long, slow at parts, but overall was a good film.

This is a poorly made and unintelligently written film. It has unbelievably atrocious production values considering that it had a 10 million budget. The pacing is slow and overall the film is devoid of anything that resembles entertainment or artistic merit. What is most disconcerting are the ideologies that the film promotes. A man seeks revenge for his wife's murder and kills people that stand in his way. He says that he doesn't believe in religion, but when he dies he goes to heaven anyway. For a film intended for Christian audiences this is a pretty controversial message. It even briefly equates the Navajo beliefs to Christianity. All that is fine, but this film is far from liberal. Consider these elements: When the Navajo's are given bibles, the bibles seem to have a magical power that entrances them. Legend is an whites only town that is portrayed as the ideal place to live. Fighting for slavery is okay if you don't own slaves. I think that this confusing film was written Sarah Palin. I would avoid this movie at all costs.

I really think me and my kid could have come up with a better screenplay. This totally predictable movie was one stereotype after another. Bad guys were tired old clichés and the hero was a total ZERO. What a loser. By the end of the movie I was hoping he would lose out to the bad guys! How do movies like this get into circulation? This movie showed me no creativity at all. Even the cinematography was bad-I found myself critiquing shot angles and I never have done that before. The dialog was clipped and poorly delivered, the character development was awful, the screenplay showed no imagination at all. Don't waste your time with this movie, read a cereal box instead, you'll get more out of it!