Many people have devils/demons inside and some think there are outside too... And the reasons are usually related to childhood and family. Thus, the plot in Heartless is trivial, exploited several times (and likely in the future as well). Indeed, I am sure there are lots of viewers who consider bonfire, explosions, immolation, monster masks etc. horrifying and intense, but I am not an admirer of those elements used constantly, making the watching tedious at times. Luckily, there are some good performances, particularly Jim Sturgess as Jamie Morgan and Eddie Marsan as Weapons Man, the rest were nothing special, and Papa B's and Lee's characters were rather stodgy. The length 115 minutes was also too much and the ending was probably meant to be sophisticated, but resulted in pretentious reasoning.
For a British film, nothing special, there is much more interesting stuff out there.
For a British film, nothing special, there is much more interesting stuff out there.