Heart Attack - The bomb in the body
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Heart Attack - The bomb in the body |
| Original title | Dead in a heartbeat |
| Country of production | USA , Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Antier |
| script | Mark Rosman , Richard Ades |
| production | Shawn Williamson |
| music | Louis Febre |
| camera | Danny Nowak |
| cut | Marta Evry , Randy Roberts |
| occupation | |
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Heart Attack is a thriller directed by Paul Antier and produced in the USA and Canada in 2002. In Germany the film became known under the title "Heartbeat of Death".
action
Gillian Hayes is a Seattle based surgeon. One patient dies during the operation. The coroner says that he has the impression that something is about to explode in the patient's chest. The policeman Lt. Tom Royko is investigating the case, suspecting Hayes and interrogating her.
When Hayes is operating again and wants to implant a pacemaker , a call comes in claiming that an explosion will take place in the operating room at 1:00 p.m. The staff is instructed to leave the room. Hayes is left alone with the patient. Royko comes and tells Hayes to leave too. He pulls it away just before the explosion in the patient's body.
Hayes gives Royko a list of their previous relationships. Royko reveals to her that he used to suspect her.
Hayes gets a broadcast on a cell phone . The bomb maker says that a passenger is about to die. The phone shows the time until the explosion. Royko and Hayes find the victim at the airport, a Benjamin McDonald. They suspect that the pacemaker would explode if you tried to remove it. They want to use a heart simulator as the solution to the problem. Since the device does not arrive, they try emergency surgery. The pacemaker explodes, McDonald dies.
Royko finds out that the bomb maker's 12-year-old son died when he was operated on by Hayes.
A pupil in a primary school is expected to die soon. This time the pacemaker can be removed. Hayes recognizes one of the teachers who was her patient. The teacher dies in the explosion in his chest.
Reviews
- TV Today magazine criticized the one-dimensional characters and dialogues.
- The editors of www.fernsehen.ch described the thriller as exciting.
background
The thriller was shot in Vancouver .
Web links
- Heart Attack - The bomb in the body in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Heart Attack - The bomb in the body at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 12 TV - FSK 16 of Heart Attack / Herzschlag des Todes at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ tvtoday.de
- ↑ www.fernsehen.ch ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
