Heartless Page #4

Synopsis: Jamie Morgan, a young man with a large heart-shaped birthmark on his face, discovers that there are demons on the streets of East London.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director(s): Philip Ridley
Production: Lionsgate
  6 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
Year:
2009
114 min
$2,033
Website
158 Views


No, for fun! No other reason. Fun!

This is the world that we live in.

Drives me mad, man!

Are you saying

gangs have made stars out of terrorists?

Yes, terror...

is the new fashion accessory.

There's a whole new

generation out there...

that's grown up watching beheadings

on the internet every night.

They all wear the same clothes,

those black hoods, the masks.

- They're not masks.

- These are the new foot soldiers...

in the family of gang culture.

Violence is...

their mother...

- your father?

- Chaos.

- AJ, you all right?

- Just a bit of trouble, man. Don't worry.

What happened? What happened?!

Oh, sh*t!

All right, man.

Lift up your T-shirt, yeah?

Jesus Christ!

AJ, we got to get you to a hospital, mate,

you need stitches.

No, no, no, man. Just pad me up,

give me lots of painkillers. That'll do.

It's like an animal did it.

You said it, man.

A wild f***ing monster.

I just want to live a normal life.

I don't wanna fight.

So you meet me tonight, let's talk.

Okay, I'll be there.

- Here you go, mate.

- Oh, cheers, man. Thanks.

Cool mobile, eh?

Crocodile.

Crocodile.

Our link with the dinosaurs.

You religious, Jamie?

My mum was.

It's all a load of bollocks, isn't it?

All of it.

Do you know what life really is, Jamie?

A meaningless pile of shitty chaos.

Accepting it...

that's the real bravery.

To know that nothing means anything

and still wanna get out of f***ing bed.

"God's will"!

There is no God.

If there's no God

then there's no force of good...

and that means that there can't be evil.

And there's definitely evil.

I mean...

There are demons.

Listen, AJ. You know what's doing

all of this, don't you?

I mean, you really know.

I've seen the future, Jamie.

And it's a kingdom of horror.

This is the age

Of the silent child

Who's forgotten his name

And sits alone

Waiting for stories

To make sense of things

The darker it gets

The more you see

But it's going to get a lot darker

Before you see me

It's going to get a lot darker

Before you see me...

F*** me, I'm just ringing you!

I've been knocking and knocking.

Where you been?

I just went out... Go to the shops.

Where is it then?

- What?

- Shopping.

What you doing here, anyway? I thought you

gone to Paris, Disney Land, with your dad.

Yeah, well, remedial dwarfs and a mouse

the size of an ape. F***ing nightmare.

- What, he let you come back on your own?

- I'm 17, not seven.

Uncle Jamie... You know that gold heart

I got Gran for her birthday?

I never got it engraved.

And now it's on my f***ing brain.

Stupid, innit? But I wanna do it now.

For Gran, you know?

Where is it? In her room?

Oi. Don't go in there!

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Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley (born 1964 in East London) is an English storyteller working in a wide range of artistic media. In the visual arts he has been cited as a contemporary to the 'Young British Artists', and had his artwork exhibited internationally.As a novelist he has created fiction for both children and adults, and has had particular success and recognition as a children's author.In the field of cinema he is perhaps best known for his award-winning screenplay for the 1990 film The Krays (1990), a biopic about the Kray twins which was directed by Peter Medak. As a film-maker in his own right he is recognised for creating a loose trilogy of horror films; The Reflecting Skin (1990), The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) and Heartless (2009) for which he has acquired a cult following.As a playwright he has been cited as a pioneer of 'In-yer-face theatre', with his debut play The Pitchfork Disney (1991) considered by many to be a seminal work in the development of the style, with one critic even dubbing it "the key play" of the 1990s. A great number of his plays for adults have been perceived as controversial, being met with both condemnation and high acclaim upon their initial reception. As a writer for the stage he is also recognised for creating an ongoing series of plays for young people (The Storyteller Sequence) and has written theatrical works for children and family audiences.As a songwriter he has created songs for his cinematic and theatrical works, frequently collaborating with composer Nick Bicât. He and Bicât have also formed a music group called Dreamskin Cradle with singer Mary Leay. Ridley has also written songs for composer Anna Meredith, particularly operatic work.Ridley is also a poet, photographer, and performance artist and has written drama for radio.Although Ridley creates stories through a wide range of media he dislikes his work being categorised by the medium in which it is told, often referring to them belonging to each other as "different peaks of the same mountain." more…

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