Review of True Heart

Introduction

Brother and sister Bonnie (a very young Kirsten Dunst) and Sam (Zachery Ty Bryan), kids from the city, are on a light plane flying over deep woodland when the plane downs, stranding them in the wild. However, to their luck a North American Indian Khonanesta is nearby to save them and guide them to safety, as he has lived in these woods all his life. However, the trek back to civilisation is more difficult than they realised, with threats both from poachers and savage Kodiak bears in the area.

Video

The picture quality is pretty good, with a high level of detail throughout the film, and rich and accurate colours.

Audio

The 2.0 stereo soundtrack is a decent affair, but nothing more. The dialogue is clear, and occasionally the stereo effects give a sense of the wildlife environment.

Features

The extras are this disc is precisely zero. Actually, not only that, but there isn`t even a menu system of sorts, just a few buttons on screen, with a still picture background - lazy, in my opinion.

Conclusion

Oh dear. Unfortunately, after watching True Heart I can`t find much to recommend it, even for children. The level of stupidity in the script overides any enjoyment that I could have had - our `heroes` consistently make illogical decisions, there are continuity errors abound and nothing that happens is ever given a reasonable explanation. To boot, just like almost every movie featuring a North American Indian to come out of Hollywood, ridiculous stereotypes are pandered to. In fact, if Khonanesta was to make a summary of this DVD, I`m convinced he would say: "Scenery good. Acting bad. Script bad. Plot bad. DVD bad."