This sliding rum is not scary but it is stylish and sweet

Movies Slasher It seems that the revival is nowadays, provided that they have a neat hook that adds some outburst. This new wave of color no Just sliding movies are movies that slide with a turn. Please also Rom-com? “To add fuel to the fire,” the eyes of the eyes “also fits into the palch” Holiday Horror “-in the while Christmas seems to prevail here supreme (The more than Halloween, oddly enough), there are many other holidays on the calendar to turn into massacres. “Heart Eyes” uses Valentine’s Day as its background, joining such two films “Has Bloody Valentine” and a few forgotten 2001 “Valentine”.

As a plus, the “heart of the eye” has at the helm of some talented Directed by Josh RubenThe directional little fears like “Violence me” and “werewolves inside” and has a script co -authored (with Philip Murphy) Christopher Landen (director standing for a wonderful day 2U, “and” wonder “, One of the best modern cuts) And Michael Kennedy, a writer who seems to be specializing in modern colors with a hook (he wrote that the body for the body “Freaky”, “Christmas sliding”, this is a wonderful knife “, and the recent Netflix fare” Time Cut “” reduce Time “).

All this is promising. And indeed, the “heart of the eye” has a cheerful, funny scenario and some amazing stylish direction – Ruben has a good eye and takes his time with his shots, even throwing into a broken diopter for good extent. To sweeten the deal, “Heart Eyes” also has two charming, pretty leading Holt and Mason Guding in Olivia, who play a fired couple, just trying to survive the night, while the masking killer hack and crosses them through the hordes of people. There is a lot to love here. And yet … “the eyes of the eyes” ends with the feeling a little inert. I was fun with most of this Philos, but as long as the third act swept, and some characters began to rattle seemingly endless monologues, I felt the eyes of the double glazing. It also does not help that the film seems completely uncinished what is scary. When it comes to this horror-kam-kam, “hearts” heavy on rum and extremely light on horror.

After the funny, the grief, the “hearts” shows that over the last two years the serial killer, known as the killer “heart of the eye” (or short hack), terrorized couples on Valentine’s Day. A killer engaged in a cool mask, similar to fetish, with holy red eyes, first stabbed people in Boston one year, then put his sights on Philadelphia next year (side notes: I viewed the movie in Philadelphia, and my viewers sounded They called for a simple mention of the city of Lyubov). Now Valentine’s Day came again, and no one knows where the killer may be.

In Seattle, Eli (Olivia Holt) finds himself afraid of Valentine’s Day, not with a heart killer. For the first time, she recently broke up with her boyfriend and can’t stop looking at her frequent messages in social media with her new girl. Otherwise, her work as a marketing campaign for a jewelry company is in danger after the last advertising campaign – a cheerful recreation of deaths between lovers in the movies – was met with a backlash. To save the company, its boss brought a hot freelancer named Jay (Mason Guding) to set everything right. Jay can be easy in the eyes and extremely charming, but Eli wants nothing to do with this guy, experiencing that he is killing his work. Therefore, when Jay insists that on Valentine’s Day, Eli immediately refuses – but in the end it turns out when she does not seem to have a choice.

All this has a standard Rom-Com-Cam. Jay and Eli even have a funny meeting in the cafe before she finds out who he really is. And since so many enemies to lovers taught us, it will only be a matter of time before these two crazy children fall on top of each other. Of course, the “heart eyes” throws in the added wrinkles of a serial killer, which begins to chase Jay and Eli throughout the evening, collecting a heavy amount of body.

Moments that come on the “Heart of the Eye” table like gangbosters, and it helps that Holt and Guding do for a couple of charming presenters. They have a wonderful chemistry that goes legal chemistry that goes a long way. In particular, Guding is so smooth, funny and pretty that I left the movie, wanting to watch it more (seriously, do this guy with a star). Early points when Eli and Jay will meet and start falling in love, just to get over the eyes – it’s the best of the movie. Indeed, despite the fact that I am a horror guy, I have to say that the elements of horrors are the least interesting things about the “eyes of the heart”. I found myself wanting it to be just a rum self-yam does not really need a cutting angle. It definitely does not help that the movie seems to end the couple pretty quickly.

After Eli and Jay found themselves in the heart of “cross -eyes”, “hearts” begins to spin. You feel that the directors did not think about it-they had a great installation (slashom-kam), but did not know where to get it. As a result, the story begins to cut heavily. The repetition is set: Jay and Eli move to one place, pursue, watch people kill, repeat. To revive things, the movie throws two clumsy police characters – clumsy hobs (Devon Sava) and a favorite show (Jordan Bruster), and so, the movie jokes about their names – the Hobs and the show, I know, you know, you know, know, you know , you know, know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know you, you know you, you know, you know, you know, You know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know you, you know, you know you know what a movie? (Breuster, of course, is already part of the franchise “Fast & Furious”, which adds additional meta -element to the gag, but does not make it more funny).

It’s all a little disappointing. I was very fascinated by the first forty or about the minute “heart of the eye” and was excited that I had a new rice -rice. But after winning, the movie never finds its basis. Here and there there are some fun bloody killings, but I kept trying to return the energy of its early scenes, and it never did. Even in a short 97 -minute “hearts” feel too long as the idea of ​​a short film that stretched to length.

The “eyes of the eyes” is hard enough to entertain. The jokes that jokes are leading the big, and the storyline of the romance on the surprisingly sweet – I fully believed that Jay and Eli fall on top of each other, that not just a feat (if you don’t believe me, just know that there are about 100 for Rom -Coms, where two presenters have absolutely zero chemistry together). Ruben’s direction holds well all together, and the murder is likely to be illegally (intentionally) laughs at the crowd.

And yet, as long as the “hearts” reach their finals, it all feels somewhat forgotten. I am glad that the new Slasher movies continue to come and I give the “Eyes” for trying to break the broken rum with horror. But as the completely clumsy third act of the film comes and gives us a too obvious answer about the identity of the heart, the sharp sensations have gone. However, how valentine’s day is the countergraver, “Hearts” has its bowls.

/Rating of the movie: 6 out of 10

On February 7, 2024, the “heart of the eyes” opens in cinemas.