Hero Wanted

Hero Wanted (2008)

  • 38% of users liked it
    (3,536 ratings)

Ray Liotta and Cuba Gooding, Jr. star in this tense crime thriller concerning a small town trash collector whose dangerous plan to impress a pretty girl goes tragically awry. Liam Case (Gooding, Jr.) is a garbage man whose life hasn't quite turned out the way he expected it would. In order to… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Chad Law, Evan Law
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Apr 1, 2008 Wide
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

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

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

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

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Al S


    An explosive, adrenaline-fueled and hard-boiled action-packed thriller. A dazzlingly original movie packed with style, suspense and emotionally engaging characters and story. It's intense, gripping, thrilling and deeply moving. A awesome action movie that's one hell of a… More

  • Brian D


    What a great little movie this was.Some nice performance from all.Mr gooding as never been better.The story move at a steady pace and the action sence where done well(John Woo would be happy).Only one little thing bugs me is the title.I absulutly hated the title!!!

  • Dean M


    Dull action-thriller about the vengeance of a hero who tracks down the crooks after he was shot trying to save a bank teller that he falls in love during the robbery. The scenes made me confused and messy up of the past and present in the beginning to before the final shooting.

  • Lorenzo v


    Hero Wanted was an alright film. If you will use a recycled plot and put it in your film, you are complied to bring something new to the table and I think 'Hero Wanted' failed to do that. It was the "mild mannered man aka Divine Intervention" all over again and to… More

  • Todd S


    Being that they do so much direct-to-video stuff, it's hard to remember that both Cuba Gooding Jr., and Ray Liotta are award winning actors! Hero Wanted is one of those direct-to-video films. It follows the story of a man who tries to live the righteous life, but even the best of… More

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