Shot Through the Heart

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Two friends, each champion marksmen, are on opposite sides in war. One turns sniper for the enemy. One remains their town's last line of defense. In a terrible battle for power, two best friends must pull the trigger. Only one will feel the bullet - but both will feel the pain.

Customer Reviews:

And your to blame.......2007-07-22

This was really quite a well-made and compelling film. Set in 1992 Sarajevo, the film begins right before the region descended into war and ethnic cleansing. It follows two best friends, one Orthodox Serb, one Bosnian Muslim, who are both snipers for the Yugoslavian Olympic team. But with the break-up of the Yugoslav nation, there will be no Olympics for these brothers-in-arms, instead they will be pitted against each other in an ethnic war. This struck me as a very realistic and gripping portrait of this turbulent situation, and it was quite heart-wrenching to watch. The struggle between loyalty to your friend, and loyalty to your nation/ethnicity/religion is a universal theme that I think everyone should be able to relate to. The film was also very well-made, not at all "low-budget" feeling as I was expecting. Four stars.

PS- I found it quite interesting that the Muslims portrayed are indistinguishable from the Serbs. They look and act just like ordinary white Slavs. This is quite the contrast to the bearded and veiled fundamentalists that we are used to seeing.

Not exactly accurate.......2006-04-27

I watched this film in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with a Bosnian who lived through the 1992-1995 war (mother is Muslim and father is Serb). He could not stand the film because he said it is not realistic. The interior sets approximate how people lived in BiH before the war but are much too high class and more like a Californian version of the BiH. BiH is much more complicated and complex than this film portrays. The film is an interesting and entertaining approximation that gets across the point that war is a horrible thing and in the end utterly pointless.

Compelling in more ways than one.......2006-03-31

I expected another silly sniper movie with lots of action. Wrong. It's more of a drama than an action movie. I've also heard some say the film doesn't accurately depict exactly how events of the war unfolded, but I think that's missing the point. As with many war movies, the war itself is just a setting for the story, which is the primary attraction.

It's a very powerful depiction of how friends can be torn apart by external forces and end up doing things they would never have imagined before. I think it also does an excellent job of driving home the fact that the complex factors that hold modern society together can, with the right pressure applied in the right areas, easily fall apart and result in terrible civil strife in even the most advanced nations, not just third world countries. Every nation has it's hot-button issues lying just under the surface, and it doesn't take much bring them to the boiling point. This movie makes that painfully clear.

Wartime Sarajevo.......2006-03-10

Good picture of the siege of Sarajevo. Showed alot of the reality and background of the war. Some of the violence was watered down, probably since it was originally made for HBO. It was a good story of 2 friends, who ended up on opposite sides.

good film worth 5 bucks.......2005-10-19

set in Bosnia. 2 friends, one an olympic standard sharp shooter end up on opposite sides. Nice look at Bosnia war. Interesting characters and ending.

Shot Through The Heart (Traicion En Sarajevo) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America]

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Shot Through The Heart (Traicion En Sarajevo) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America]
Director: David Attwood
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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And your to blame
Not exactly accurate
Compelling in more ways than one
Wartime Sarajevo
good film worth 5 bucks

Shot Through the Heart [IMPORT]
Starring: Linus Roache , Vincent Perez , Lia Williams , Adam Kotz , and Soo Garay
Director: David Attwood
Manufacturer: Pid
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005NGVU
Release Date: 2002-05-09

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Asian only NTSC / All Code DVD. A 1998 HBO film, BBC-produced chronicle of the former Yugoslavian conflict as seen through the eyes of two friends turned snipers, fighting on opposing sides of the war. No amount of TV or cinema familiarity with the subject can dent the emotional power of this searing drama. This film is only available on VHS domestically.