Shadowheart (2009) (V)

Director:

Dean Alioto

Writers:

Dean Alioto (screenplay) and
Peter Vanderwall (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

4 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Western

Tagline:

James Conners came for Revenge... He found Redemption.

Plot:

James Conners comes home to the town of Legend, New Mexico in 1865 to avenge his fathers death against the ruthless Will Tunney...

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

Cast

Angus Macfadyen	...	Will Tunney
Justin Ament	...	James Conners
Marnie Alton	...	Mary Cooper
Tonantzin Carmelo	...	Miakoda
Michael Spears	...	Washakie
William Sadler	...	Thomas Conners
Dean Alioto	...	Spider
Ines Dali	...	Velma
Anthony Michael Jones	...	Charlie
Courtney Gains	...	Finch
Shawn Reaves	...	Johny Cooper
Charles Napier	...	Sheriff Sanders
Daniel Baldwin	...	Mr. McKinley
Steve Pink	...	O'Toole
Rance Howard	...	Wedding Preacher

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some intense western violence.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45331) | USA:PG-13 (Violence)

Filming Locations:

Agoura Hills, California, USA

Company:

Desert Moon Pictures

Trivia:

The film was dedicated to Justin Ament's Grandfather who died right before production.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When James is having a flashback series of what all he's lost, he has one in which he sees his father being shot by Tunney and falling off the church roof. He was not present to witness his father being murdered by Tunney so he couldn't be having a flashback of it.

Soundtrack:

She's almost exactly

Couldn't bring myself to care

The first thing I pay attention to in watching a movie is whether I care about the characters. I couldn't bring myself to care about these people, mostly because the writing and acting was not good enough. The feel of the whole thing was that it was amateurish. The story didn't flow in a way that felt real. Also, I don't like stories where there's not a good resolution or denouement, even if not a happy ending. This didn't leave me with the feeling of satisfaction. The theme seemed to be relentless evil without any real hope of the good guy winning out in the end. Without giving away the end, I'll just say that if it was meant to tie up the plot, it failed to work for me. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone.