Shot Through the Heart

Shot Through the Heart

Two Friends. Two Marksmen. Two Targets. Each Other.

Directed by David Attwood

Produced by BBC, Company Pictures

1998112 min5.3 / 10

A dark, intimate tragedy about lifelong friends torn apart by civil war, forced into opposing roles as sniper and resistance fighter in a besieged city.

The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends (Linus Roache, Vincent Perez), who end up on opposing sides in the civil war in Sarajevo. One is an expert marksman, who trains the snipers used to terrify the city and the other becomes a freedom fighter, who rejects his friend's offer to gain an escape from the city. As might be expected, the two eventually have to face-off against one another.

Questions people ask

  • Is Shot Through the Heart sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Is Shot Through the Heart scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Does Shot Through the Heart end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Shot Through the Heart violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Is Shot Through the Heart easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity36

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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