Das schwarze Herz (2009)

Das schwarze Herz: Directed by Michael Cuesta. With Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Bea Miller. A man’s newly transplanted heart leads him on a dangerous journey to find out who murdered its donor.

“I liked Josh Lucas in The Client, so I chose this film as a rental. Donu0026#39;t ask me why because horror/thriller/blood is just not my thing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA husband and wife die in a botched robbery, and the manu0026#39;s heart goes to Terry Bernard, a single father of a daughter with a degenerative disorder. Terry keeps remembering bits and pieces from what must have been the donoru0026#39;s last moments. He starts being able to hear his heart beat. Then he sees one of the donoru0026#39;s killers and does away with him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTerry is tortured by the sound of his heart, the fact that heu0026#39;s killed, and the flashes of memory he has. But he continues finding the killers and getting rid of them. Meanwhile he is starting a romance with an attractive doctor at the hospital who wants to help him, but he wonu0026#39;t tell her whatu0026#39;s wrong. The only person who knows his secret is the officer who was in charge of the case but couldnu0026#39;t close it. He wants Terry to do what he canu0026#39;t – get justice.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou may like this if youu0026#39;re into horror-type films. I have to say I liked the ending very much, and it really brought the level of the film up. And the story is intriguing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis could have been a bigger, better film, but given its budget, it does well enough.”