Hero Wanted (2008)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Brian Smrz

Writers:

Chad Law (written by)
Evan Law (written by)

Release Date:

10 July 2008 (Russia)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Plot:

After he awakens in a hospital, a man tracks down and murders the man that left him and a bank teller for dead during a robbery, only to end up having the slain thief's associates come after him in retaliation.

Plot Keywords:

Bank Teller | Hospital | Nonlinear Timeline | Beaten To Death | Accidental Killing

Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Liam Case
Ray Liotta	...	Detective Terry Subcott
Norman Reedus	...	Swain
Kim Coates	...	Skinner McGraw
Tommy Flanagan	...	Derek (as Thomas Flannigan)
Jean Smart	...	Melanie McQueen
Christa Campbell	...	Kayla McQueen
Steven Kozlowski	...	Lynch McGraw
Gary Cairns II	...	Gill
Sammi Hanratty	...	Marley Singer (as Samantha Hanratty)
Ben Cross	...	Cosmo Jackson
Todd Jensen	...	Detective Wallace MacTee
Paul Sampson	...	Gordy McGraw
Lisa Dunne	...	Marley's Mom
Elitsa Rajeva	...	Dawn Case (as Elitza Rajeva)

Also Known As:

Разыскивается герой (Russia) [ru]
Anazitontas ton iroa (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
En busca de un héroe (Spain) (DVD title) [es]
Herói (Brazil) [pt]
Herói Procura-se (Portugal) [pt]
Hero Wanted (Italy) (DVD title) [it]
Hero Wanted - Helden brauchen kein Gesetz (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
Mi héroe (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language and brief sexual content.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Heroic Productions

Trivia:

Ray Liotta and Tommy Flanagan both also starred in Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces (2006), yet shared no scenes.

Goofs:

Continuity: After the cops find the dead body in the bathroom of the nightclub there is a scene where the two detectives play pool in a bar. In one split of a second you can see the que ball on the table but once the pool table is off camera the detective is clearly hitting a different ball.

Quotes:

Liam Case: I wish I wouldn't have survived in the bank that day. I wish they'd have killed me.

Soundtrack:

Blue Dreams

better than the review i read,not as good as hoped

There are no great surprises in this,but i did overall enjoy it non-the-less.

Before i watched it i had read a review on here referring to it as nothing more than a B movie,and that cuba should never have agreed to do it,but it is better than that-not a great deal admittedly,but definitely better. The story is told in flashbacks a lot,which is over used these days,but it does have the effect its supposed to without being confusing.(however because its so linear in its style it doesn't leave any great surprises. Its a watchable film with OK acting and OK script,which is a lot better than a lot of the stuff around these days so i was happy with it and gave a reasonable 6 out of 10,missing 7 only because it was reasonable rather than actually good.