Buster's Mal Heart
Buster's Mal Heart
| 28 May 2017 (USA)
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An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.

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Perry Kate

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Smartorhypo

Highly Overrated But Still Good

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Stellead

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

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Aiden Melton

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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Reno Rangan

This is one of those films, you won't properly get the notion. Too random, surreal, but at the end somehow all connects. The narration has multiple layers, that's what confusing at the initial stage. Though I liked the character nicknamed, 'the last free man'. If I had watched this film successfully means, that's the main reason. But I felt they have under-used it or missed a great opportunity. Because it was a wonderful film character. Tens of stories can be created using such role. But why did they go for a dry story. In my opinion, it should have been in the line of 'Captain Fantastic'.Rami was okay. He did justify the role he had played. But not like a performance of the year. I understand why this film was very dark, and partially being a dark comedy. The overall storyline looked good. The man with ambition, and to meet that end, he had dedicated his life. But he did not know what he's becoming. It was like 'Split' meets 'Bad Santa'. From all, the boat scenes were a bit of out of context. Yet it brought distinct perspective to the character who was struggling with reality. A film for a few selected people. I feel bad for rating it such low, but I'm only being honest.3/10

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guedesnino

Among the outstanding features of cinema produced in the late 1990s is the mark of a thriving period in psychologically epitomized films depicted by alter ego figures and "symbologies" or by using borderline, bipolarity, and personality disorders. Not that this was a novelty in film history, but films from that period such as "Fight Club", "Raising Cain", "The Sixth Sense", "The Others" just to name a few films that are still striking in a new direction Which require a specific alignment in all areas (script, lighting, direction, actors, sound, photography, etc.).Considering the degree of complexity of this style of films, where in the end the public is faced with a multiplicity of personal understandings and constructions, I believe, in the importance of the trajectory we follow, terms or we count on an instrumentation provided by the script, that helps in filling Gaps and even not having the pretension (which is already too pretentious), of not helping in this, giving greater freedom of interpretation or rational disagreement, in years aspects, it is necessary (to have) understanding. What is the point of doing something that does not allow dialogue, which does not want to be understood, even if its understanding is by denying it?In Buster's Mal Heart movie directed by Sarah Adina Smith, we come across a highly fragmented story, and that needs to be so, because, also fragmentary is also life, or rather the lives of the protagonist of this fable, Buster (Rami Malek) . So we have the approach of a man from the mountains, the hermit; Of a shipwrecked man with analogies to the biblical stories (especially Jonah and the Whale), and Buster, a young father who works at night as a hotel concierge, and in Buster's story, we will have connections to the others Lives and many others that arise during the film, including that of a nameless unknown (DJ Qualls), who appears to be a prophet of the cyber- era and who is so intimately connected to Buster.Buster's Mal Heart is a film that even seeking to break with the structure of three acts, with linear narrative, even being a mix or copied fragmented lives, does not compromise in anything the construction in search of an understanding by the public, In each fragment or blink of a life, instrumental sum with points that will collaborate in the points of turn, in the Plot twist of the film and the insertion of the life of Buster.The acting of Rami Malek as Buster is flawless. For fans of this promising award-winning actor in the TV series Mr. Robot, the film also serves as a strong appreciation for Rami's work, as both in the film and in the series we have the similarities of a displaced character from the real world, Personification of an alter-ego and with a thousand conspiracies in the head.

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screechy_jim

On the whole, there just wasn't enough happening in this film to keep it interesting. For the most part, the development of the story is slow on uneventful. As we plod through the aspects of Buster's life we see it unfold from two sometimes three perspectives. Most of what happens doesn't benefit the story in any way and really should have ended up on the cutting room floor.Even the premise that centres the story for our main character Buster is shaky and 'out there'. It's not explored, expanded or explained in any more depth than when it is initially encountered, so never really gains traction as a focal point for the film. Its really the story of a bum living on the edge because the pressure placed on him from trying to support a family in a difficult situation. There is plenty of meaningless symbolism, especially once you get two thirds in, that does little to shed any light on the story or provide any additional interest.I think this is yet another one of those self indulgent productions born from a good basic idea, that was under prepared, underdeveloped, and hastily assembled through lack of clarity and objectivity.One of the unfortunate developments of modern film making is that any idiot with a few bob and a HD camera can now make a film. Modern technology and the digital age has opened up the creative market such that many with little more than an ounce of self proclaimed talent can make a film. This is good in some ways as certainly those with potential have an avenue into film making that was previously open only to those with financial backing, contacts, or deep pockets. The flip side is that it opens the doors to wannabe film makers who have no business releasing half baked content. The checks and balances that kept such releases from swamping our screens have been replaced by a highway of freedom for every man and his dog to flood us with Sub par releases that aren't worth the devices they're filmed on... but I digress.The Acting is actually quite good, and the direction (I think) is also half decent. I think its maybe the producer/writer, who just hasn't really given the story enough meat to cover the bones of the production, which is a bit of a shame really because (as we so often hear) it has at least 'some' potential.That said, it isn't half bad. You could certainly do a lot worse with an hour and a half to spare.

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aluorah

This film is more than just a film. It is an experience, and it has you from start to finish in its seemingly quiet way. Then it comes to you in your dreams too, in your conversations about it, and your will for others to see it too. The characters, the world, the scenarios, all bring to light a new perspective. I loved the storytelling and it's fresh, funny, and dramatic.I often find that I am not so moved by newer films, that they aren't succeeding in providing me with new insight or actual cinema or unique stories. I have no issue with walking out and never needing to look back. This is a movie I want to see again. And I will find new revelations there.I wish many more films would aspire to this, which succeeds in what it does.

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