Hero Wanted

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Hero Wanted

R

Released Mar 28, 2008

1h 35m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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A seemingly luckless garbage man stages a bank heist purely so that he can foil it and impress a female bank teller. However, the plan goes badly wrong and the man wakes up in the hospital. He sets out to hunt down the people responsible for double crossing him, only to find a pack of killers are on his tail.

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Pablo Villaça

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Gooding e Liotta so bons atores que quase sempre escolhem muito mal seus projetos. Este, infelizmente, o caso desta bomba terrivelmente escrita, dirigida, montada e %u2013 o mais triste %u2013 que traz os atores em pssimas performances.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 6, 2009

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David Nusair

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...inevitably comes off as yet another ineffective actioner that has direct-to-video written all over it.

Rated: 2/4

May 12, 2008

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Nesrin U

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Boring. 😐

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/19/25

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Audience Member

Routine anti-hero story that is badly pieced together to try and appear as not routine.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Too complicated for me to understand what was going on

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Life - its up its down you're happy you're sad you do well you make really stupid mistakes. These are a bit bigger than most, but hey, its a movie :D I liked it, and I like Gooding.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Kinda Convoluted Storyline Pieces Itself Together For A Reasonably Satisfactory Ending. A Number Of Characters Play Their Small, But Key Roles Quite Well. I Also Find Myself Becoming More Of A Fan Of Ray Liotta's Work, He Seems To Just Be Able To Embody A Character, Particularly The Hardened Detective-Cop Type, Really Well. There Was Some Good Moody Music & Occassional Interesting Camera Angle That Just Piqued My Interest. So I Liked This & Felt It Is An Underrated Gangster Flick.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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What a crappy movie, haha. Man decides to rob bank to meet teller girl... I'm supposed to believe this guy is somehow a bright guy ? If you bought the basic premise of this movie without rolling your eyes, you deserve to watch it endlessly for eternity.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Brian Smrz

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

Liam Case

Ray Liotta

Detective Terry Subcott

Norman Reedus

Swain

Jean Smart

Melanie McQueen

Christa Campbell

Kayla McQueen

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Synopsis

A seemingly luckless garbage man stages a bank heist purely so that he can foil it and impress a female bank teller. However, the plan goes badly wrong and the man wakes up in the hospital. He sets out to hunt down the people responsible for double crossing him, only to find a pack of killers are on his tail.

Director: Brian Smrz
Screenwriter: Chad Law, Evan Law
Rating: R (Strong Violence|Language|Brief Sexual Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 28, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 13, 2008
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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