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* VillainProtagonist: Daniel is one of the focal characters, who plots a school massacre out of vengeance for getting bullied nonstop.
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* VillainProtagonist: Daniel is one of the focal characters, who plots a school massacre out of vengeance for getting bullied nonstop.nonstop.
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''Heart Of America'' is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Creator/UweBoll (shortly before he began infamously directing films based on video games, with Film/HouseOfTheDead immediately following this), depicting the issues of bullying and school shootings.
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''Heart Of America'' is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Creator/UweBoll (shortly before he began infamously directing films based on video games, with Film/HouseOfTheDead ''Film/HouseOfTheDead'' immediately following this), depicting the issues of bullying and school shootings.
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''Heart Of America'' is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Creator/UweBoll (shortly before he began infamously directing films based on video games, with Film/HouseOfTheDead immediately following this), depicting the issues of bullying and school shootings.
Starring Creator/JurgenProchnow, Creator/MichaelPare, Creator/BrendanFletcher, Creator/ElisabethMoss, Creator/ClintHoward and others, the film follows various students/teachers and their dilemmas on the final day of school, culminating in a school massacre [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely inspired by]] UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}.
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* AbusiveParents: Daniel's father Artie is shown to be more of a verbal/emotional type, at best trying to rope his son into a job after finishing school without the boy's consent and at worst cursing at/threatening violence and even being [[NoSympathy uncaring to his son getting picked on at school]] (for added vileness, ''[[{{Jerkass}} calling him a "pussy"]]'').
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Ricky and two other bullies (Paul and Jeff) are the first three to be killed by Daniel.]]
* TheBully: Ricky Herman and his cohorts, who torment other students (especially Daniel and Barry) for kicks.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:English teacher William Pratt apologizes to his students on the last day for how harshly he treated them when it came to grading and critiquing their Creative Writing work. This is ultimately rendered moot by Dara shooting him dead in retribution for getting this treatment from him long before.]]
* MonochromePast: Every single flashback is shown in black and white.
* SchoolIsMurder: Given the film's premise, this is inevitable.
* TemptingFate: Whilst being grilled by the guidance counselor, drug dealing student Wex asks "What's the worst that could happen?", just as the camera pulls back to show his most recent customer Dara on the school rooftop. [[spoiler:Needless to say, it's safe to guess his dealings may have contributed to her involvement with the school shooting that same morning.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] (if not [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]). Daniel tries to convince Barry to tag along with his plan to shoot up the school on the last day, citing the pain both endured from [[TheBully Ricky]] and his gang. [[spoiler:Barry ultimately decides to opt out of participating in the massacre, finding there are better ways to deal with the abuse he had suffered.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Daniel is one of the focal characters, who plots a school massacre out of vengeance for getting bullied nonstop.
''Heart Of America'' is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Creator/UweBoll (shortly before he began infamously directing films based on video games, with Film/HouseOfTheDead immediately following this), depicting the issues of bullying and school shootings.
Starring Creator/JurgenProchnow, Creator/MichaelPare, Creator/BrendanFletcher, Creator/ElisabethMoss, Creator/ClintHoward and others, the film follows various students/teachers and their dilemmas on the final day of school, culminating in a school massacre [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely inspired by]] UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}}.
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* AbusiveParents: Daniel's father Artie is shown to be more of a verbal/emotional type, at best trying to rope his son into a job after finishing school without the boy's consent and at worst cursing at/threatening violence and even being [[NoSympathy uncaring to his son getting picked on at school]] (for added vileness, ''[[{{Jerkass}} calling him a "pussy"]]'').
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Ricky and two other bullies (Paul and Jeff) are the first three to be killed by Daniel.]]
* TheBully: Ricky Herman and his cohorts, who torment other students (especially Daniel and Barry) for kicks.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:English teacher William Pratt apologizes to his students on the last day for how harshly he treated them when it came to grading and critiquing their Creative Writing work. This is ultimately rendered moot by Dara shooting him dead in retribution for getting this treatment from him long before.]]
* MonochromePast: Every single flashback is shown in black and white.
* SchoolIsMurder: Given the film's premise, this is inevitable.
* TemptingFate: Whilst being grilled by the guidance counselor, drug dealing student Wex asks "What's the worst that could happen?", just as the camera pulls back to show his most recent customer Dara on the school rooftop. [[spoiler:Needless to say, it's safe to guess his dealings may have contributed to her involvement with the school shooting that same morning.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] (if not [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]). Daniel tries to convince Barry to tag along with his plan to shoot up the school on the last day, citing the pain both endured from [[TheBully Ricky]] and his gang. [[spoiler:Barry ultimately decides to opt out of participating in the massacre, finding there are better ways to deal with the abuse he had suffered.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Daniel is one of the focal characters, who plots a school massacre out of vengeance for getting bullied nonstop.
