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Hero Wanted

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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 is on his tail.
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Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena 02/06/2009
1/5
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. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 05/12/2008
2/4
...inevitably comes off as yet another ineffective actioner that has direct-to-video written all over it. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Nesrin U @Gereg 06/19/2025 Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Boring. 😐 See more Jeffrey P @vanillavoodoo1 01/24/2022 Routine anti-hero story that is badly pieced together to try and appear as not routine. See more 09/09/2017 Too complicated for me to understand what was going on See more 03/28/2015 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. See more 08/18/2014 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. See more 08/10/2014 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. See more Read all reviews
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Brian Smrz

Director

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 is on his tail.
Director
Brian Smrz
Producer
Danny Lerner, Johnny Martin, David E. Ornston, Richard Salvatore
Screenwriter
Chad Law, Evan Law
Production Co
Salvatore/Ornston Productions, Millennium Films, Two Sticks Productions, Martini Films, Heroic Productions
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