Hero Wanted (2008)

Hero Wanted (2008). 1h 34m | R

“this COULD have had been great . the problem here is the convoluted plot, great script but poorly adjusted for any feature(no matter what the budget might/could been). however the plot and directions DO have their u0026quot;momentsu0026quot; and i think Cuba Gooding Jr. is exceptionally great here . Ben Cross to some extent as well, but then again. the problem is that the plot does not develops the secondary characters enough to even give actors the chance to u0026quot;play itu0026quot;. we have Ray Liotta as the best example of such underused and/or wasted actor/character u0026quot;tallentsu0026quot;. he might as well not be in the feature at all, i would not see the difference ; as a matter of a fact a u0026quot;no nameu0026quot; might be able to be pulling his act with less damage to the movieu0026#39;s rating overall.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ein my personal opinion this is a guyu0026#39;s movie. it is NOT the u0026quot;mobsteru0026quot; type even if has strong such elements, and even leads to get that u0026quot;vibeu0026quot; at first. the start looks very promising, then about 40 minutes of u0026quot;flash backs|( i think they were inserted just to make the story u0026quot;longeru0026quot;); then again about 10 minutes of interesting thoughts( that will make you consider this not as u0026quot;badu0026quot; as might seem), only to disappoint towards end by typical u0026quot;b-movieu0026quot; shot executions. however the last 2 scenes might leave a great impressions since , i believe, the morals and ethics here are well determined.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eall inn all this should had been, at best, a 30 minutes short movie and might had even been considered for u0026quot;awardsu0026quot;. but instead is fully commercialized as for u0026quot;one time pay/viewu0026quot; and then to be u0026quot;discared”