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Although I did really like the open-ended nature of this short I was left wanting more! Great camera work, music, chemistry between the actors. This would make a lovely series!

Right, well with the 2022 feature "Heart Shot" being a short film running at 19 minutes, you're not in for an in-depth venture into the storyline. But I will say that writers Lauren Ludwig and Marielle Woods actually managed to put together a very intense short film here.

Sure, the storyline is not all that elaborative, but of course with only 19 minutes of run-time, who would expect it to be. But I will say that director Marielle Woods does manage to squeeze a good amount of intense action out of the storyline in those 19 minutes.

With that being said, then "Heart Shot" sort of felt incomplete, and that sort of took away from the overall enjoyment of the short film. I certainly would have liked to see more, because there was a rather hard-punching intensity to the narrative that would benefit well from a longer playtime.

The acting performances in "Heart Shot" were good, and the two leading actresses Elena Heuzé (playing Nikki) and Nia Sondaya (playing Samantha) really carried the movie quite well with some strong performances. I was impressed with what they delivered, especially in such a short time. Needless to say that these were two actresses that I wasn't previously familiar with.

This short film was actually rather impressive and in-your-face, which definitely surprised me.

My rating of "Heart Shot" lands on a six out of ten stars.

Shocking and beautiful, love hurts sometimes and in this film this fact is magnified, all of who we are impacts our relationships, we bring us to those who care about us. Well acted and wonderful.

The girlfriend of a loved up same sex couple is attacked and the other one has a dark secret. Small shoot out and slow fight ensues. Yawn. No spoiler as thats the premise of 90% of all action/revenge movies since the 70s so nothing new.

If you have ever seen any home invasion/revenge movie since death wish in the 1970s then you have also seen this.

It Feels like film was written by 3 people but they didnt speak to each other, they just glued all 3 scripts together and made a film without reading the whole thing through.. I presume the 9 and 10s are from people who have never seen a movie before.

I keep saying this but..If you score this 10 then that means no film that has or will ever be made can be better than this.

It was not what I expected it would be from what I read from synopsis but then I was pleasantly surprised.

As i mentioned before it is a big surprise in small running time. While every scene sequence of this 15 minute short adds something new it feels more like a pitch for a movie or the series and it deserves to have one . Acting , action and direction are to the point . Elena Heuze needs special mention for her acting so does Marielle Woods for her direction . Tune and background score at the end of the short remained with me for minutes .

It surely is 15 minute full of entertainment and I hope in future we get an extended version of it in the form of a movie or series , probably .