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.
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There are only two films which I could say that they portray war in Sarajevo in an excellent manner. One is The Perfect Circle (1997), probably the best one, and the other one is this one. There are many other films made about war in Bosnia, but I do not agree that they come even close to these two.It is a pity that this film did not make it to the wider audiences (it was shown only in the North America). This way I invite distributors to show this film to the European audiences, especially in the former Yugoslavia.Europe is full of the geopolitical rifts and former Yugoslavia was full of them. Some of them do not materialize into war like for example Catalonia, others do like Ukraine.This film tried to put a human face on what was happening in Sarajevo during the war. It certainly did a great job! If you want to know what was happening during the war in Bosnia between 1992 and 1995 this a film to watch. Excellent work by all means!
Previous comment made me write this. It says that Muslims are blonde and Serbs are dark (because our blood is mixed). This comment just says that this opinion can be made by racist.Look,race is nothing.I'm color blind.I look like Pierce Brosnan but I'm no Irish. So what?I might add that I am not 100% Serb,that I have some Austrian and Croat blood within me but whats the point.I'm dark, half-breed?Is that so? Anyone using racial prejudices with such bad intent like Lantos(producer9and director is racist for me.Karadzhic, Izetbegovich, Milosevic, Tudjman they are all monsters and I blame them for destroying my life, my family, my country, Yuggoslavia. Hope they will be all in hell but that wont return our dead relatives back. I am proud of being Serb and I am proud of my cousins, Austrians,Croats,Muslims, Hungarians, Arabs (yes I am from Serbia and I have multiethnical family).This movie doesn't show sufferings of Serbs or Croats within Sarayevo,terrible terrorism of street gangs,Muslim extremism.I add: I kneel and pray for all innocent sisters and brothers Muslim,catholic or orthodox, killed in this war.This film is manipulation with our misery,false humanitarianism's which doesn't help at all.It helps Lantos to fill his pockets with more doe,alright!
Firstly I must let you know that I am from Kosovo, former republic of Yugoslavia, right now it is under UNMIK administration. It hasn't been a long time ago since the war ended here, and certainly neither since the war on Bosnia acured.Now back to the film: this movie is about two friends since the childhood with different nationality and different religion, but the way the circumstances are each of them must fight for their country. All that right said is very ok with me!Now the movie itself consists some good thought camera shots and a few nice scenes but other than that it is historically inaccurate and pointless though is consists a good message to all the viewers. Now the main and a huge flaw is that this movie was in english, with guys from different nationalities in it. I mean how many best friends born and raised in France do talk english with each other? How many German families talk English all the time? And how many soldiers from a specified country(non english native language) speak in English like the one at the beggining when the Serbian soldiers pull over the car of the muslim family? This is deeply incorrect and unbased at nothing. A little bit smaller flaws: 1. Firstly the Serbians didn't lead a war with snipers, they always captured every city with tanks, bombing and fighting but never included snipers.2. Serbian police uniforms are not correct. 3. Vlado is not a muslim name (I'm a muslim myself) 4. The war at Bosnia didn't begin in Sarajevo as told in the movie, Sarajevo was the last city to be attacked from Serbian forces.I could go on and on, but it's not worth it. Anyway the movie had a very respectable direction, but I can guarantee you that the movie itself is not based on a true story. Rating: 6/10
"Shot Through the Heart" is an even tempered, dogged, austere production of people caught in the rift in Sarajevo during the Bosnia war. The film focuses on two long time friends, both expert competitive marksmen, who find themselves as snipers on opposite sides of the conflict. Not unlike other "friend against friend" civil war stories (eg: Gettysburg), the two men are on a collision course with the ultimate showdown. A well managed drama which imparts some sense of the strife in the splintering of Yugoslavia while telling its story of families and friends divided, "Shot..." is a worthy film making effort.
