Detective Heart of America: The Final Freedom (2015) 4K (2026) Review
Feels so nice to be able to just link to the movie for once.
So this isn't really a spy movie. And, if we're being honest, it's maybe not quite a detective movie either. But it is America, and yesterday was America day, so I rewatched it, and now I'm reviewing it, and that's what's happening.
So yeah, I've seen this one before. It's been so many years though, I actually forgot most of the plot! For once though, it's not because the movie is bad or unmemorable, it'd just been a while.
In fact, the movie is very good.
DHoATFF is an absurd indie film by FilmCow, better known for such works as Charlie the Unicorn, and Llamas with Hats. Llamas with Hats, it should be noted, is probably at least a 9/10 in my opinion- and if you've been following my posts, you know I don't hand out high numbers like that lightly.
DHoATFF isn't as good as LwH, But I'd still give it like, a 7.9/10, which is still high for me.
You may be starting to suspect that my ranking system is possibly stupid. I intend to have a post that explains my methodology at some point, but for now:
DHoATFF is unique. It's funny. It's never boring. It's short-ish. It's not afraid to soapbox (a positive, in my eyes). It's stylistically experimental.
And if I wanted to watch something else like it- too bad. There's not much. It's this or bust, and that cranks it's rating way up for me.
The negatives for me are, one, it's a bit of a downer. And two, some of the characters have really annoying voices. The first issue is mostly balanced out by all the humor, and they've got a point to make anyway, so it's forgivable. The second issue I think will outright ruin the movie for some folks, and I don't blame you if you just can't take it.
The point they're making, by the way, is that of the follies of American exceptionalism. DHoA Is so obsessed with his own twisted patriotism that he can't see he's standing in the way of everything his country is supposed to stand for.
