A man's newly transplanted heart leads him on a dangerous journey to find out who murdered its donor.
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| Josh Lucas | ... | Terry Bernard | |
| Lena Headey | ... | Elizabeth Clemson | |
| Brian Cox | ... | Phillip Van Doren | |
| Bea Miller | ... | Angela Bernard (as Beatrice Miller) | |
| Jamie Harrold | ... | Kevin Stanovich | |
| Michael Kenneth Williams | ... | Acherton | |
| Pablo Schreiber | ... | Bernard Cochius | |
| Tom Riis Farrell | ... | Legethon | |
| Ulrich Thomsen | ... | Doctor Lethe | |
| Dallas Roberts | ... | The Surgeon | |
| Cassandre Fiering | ... | Frances Vieillard | |
| Peg Holzemer | ... | Elderly Woman In Wheelchair (as Peg Saurman Holzemer) | |
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Scott Winters | ... | Doctor Averman |
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Kara Lund | ... | Nurse |
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John Timothy Botka | ... | Police Officer |
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In Providence, a husband and wife die in a botched robbery; we see flickers of his last memories. His heart goes to Terry Bernard, a single father raising a girl with a rare degenerative disease. After the operation, Terry has flashes of memory from the last moments of the dead donor's life. Then, he recognizes one of the donor's killers and follows him into an alley. Within days, Terry becomes an unwilling avenger, with a police detective on his trail. Meanwhile, he begins a romance with his daughter's doctor, his moods complicated by memory flashes, the donor's deepening presence in both Terry's mind and body, and the unexplained bond among the donor's killers. Can this end well? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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$12,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Paramedic: [over radio] Dispatch this is Rescue 3. I have a 55 year old white male named Lyar, John. He has massive blunt trauma to the skull. Glasgow Coma Score is 1, Henry 3. Patient has ID in his wallet identifying him as an organ donor. Alert trauma and transport team.
Dispatcher: Copy that.
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When lead character meets Acherton in bathroom his name-tag says Michael Acherton after he is called the detective refers to him as Paul Acherton. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Paramedic: [over radio] Dispatch this is Rescue 3. I have a 55 year old white male named Lyar, John. He has massive blunt trauma to the skull. Glasgow Coma Score is 1, Henry 3. Patient has ID in his wallet identifying him as an organ donor. Alert trauma and transport team.
Dispatcher: Copy that.
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It wasn't awful in the Ed Wood sense of the word awful. It just draaaagged-- as if the actors had taken some very strong downers. The dialog was unintentionally funny, because it was so predictable and not too well written--plus, the lead actor who played the single dad named Terry, had this "I'm scared" look on his face throughout at least 75% of this film. For the remaining 25% of the movie, he looked like as though he was always about to burst into tears.
Loosley (an understatement) based story on Poe's The Tell Tale Heart. This is a prime example of ruining a literary masterpiece of horror. Poe,(if alive)would've driven a stake through the screenwriter's heart, then buried him under the floor boards. The flick portrayed the story as kind of a horror, suspense, action mish mosh. Unfortunately, there was little of any horror, suspense or action. It had the overall feel of some "made for TV" mega flop. In the film, there was a surprise here and there, but no big deal. We've seen 'em before in other movies. Nothing seemed to gel here, it was like eating runny jello in it's early cooling stages before it firms up. It's all sloppy and difficult to get on a spoon to eat. Too frustrating and not worth the effort. Watch this movie only if you are on Quaaludes.