Heart of Fear

I was interested to see this as the premise, although been done many times before, sounded watch worthy. Unfortunately, Amazon Prime said this was made in 2023, but actually 2006. This is a run of the mill TV movie with bog standard storytelling and below average acting in my opinion. I should have realised when the detective in one of the opening scenes explains that "it looks like she's reading a script for a movie" after just being told the victim didn't turn up for a movie audition.

Straight to video film want to pose as a typical crime thriller,with twist,hard cop woman,good,and bad guys,and some nudity.Some of the fans of the genre will accept this despite the lot of script and other little problems,but personally I'am not impressed,and don't recommend this movie.Probably acting is not as weak in this film,like other problems in it.Main female character has only a few good scenes.I can not remember any good,or memorable action,or suspense scenes,probably the budget is also the reason,and the part of the problems of this film.Some members of the audience will just scream to something different while watching this film,I have to tell you it was very,very hard,and long to write this review.

Heart of Fear dir. Henri Charr, Prod. Henri Charr, Jess Mancilla, Perf. Annie Wood as FBI Agent Samantha Hunt, Brad J. Sergi as Det. Rick Acosta, Thomas Garner as FBI AIG Ford Carson, Brandon Bass as 9yo Taylor Green, Tim Fields as Reporter Tom Johnson, Studio. Cinemotion Twenty-First, Inc., 2006 1:35 Thriller, Whodunit, Detective Fiction

When a little boy's mother is murdered, FBI Agent Samantha Hunt must earn the child's trust to solve the crime and bring the killer to justice. (Roku)

A serial killer is loose and believing the son of one victim saw him, pursues by all means to find and kill him. Police and FBI have to work together, but butt heads with Hunt wanting to prevent Acosta using Taylor as bait, which leads to an unexpected climax. [Don't read about it! Skip reviews, watch it! One of the best elisions I've seen; i.e., "Whodunit"; for a climax to knock your socks off is not only a great story, but fantastic directing; everything you thought you saw was exactly what characters portrayed to make you believe; no bringing you along through the preparation of a character's scene of deception to have you understand what the character is doing or about to do; the director deceives the viewer. As the climax unfolds, you sit there content in your knowledge of what happened, why, and how it is going to end. Then, "Blam!", nothing is as it appeared. Suddenly, you appreciate characters you pegged as dislikable and annoying, give an "OMG!" about the truth, and discover the heart of fear is the heart of love. Congratulations on the story and to director Henri Charr. Although acting and character development could be improved, for acting coupled with directing to steer us, the viewers, in the wrong direction, is superb. I have noted this film for a 2nd watch, W-10. Hitchcock would have loved this sleeper.]

The actors in this movie look like they went straight from a high school play into a B grade movie. The sound is horrible, the script is horrible and worst of all is the male detective. He comes across like a complete joke. I never leave a review unless I watch the whole thing and boy, I wish I had that time back.

This move was direct to video. Some suspense but not enthralling, its a movie that might keep your attention and you might leave it without remembering it. Just a standard straight to video movie. No great acting, Annie Wood the lead female character does the best job. So I guess its kind of debatable if this movie will catch your fancy or not