Hero Wanted

Hero Wanted is a 2008 action film directed by Brian Smrz and starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ray Liotta, and Norman Reedus. The film has been released on DVD and includes a downloadable Digital Copy (PC and/or PSP) version on the disc with studio-imposed restrictions [1]. The film was shot entirely in Sofia, Bulgaria in the spring of 2007 and premiered January 17, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

Plot

Liam Case (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is a garbage collector and a hero. Several years before, he had rescued a little girl from a flaming car wreck. He did this at great risk to his own life and earned a hideous scar for his effort. But fame often comes and goes in the proverbial "fifteen minutes", leaving his past deeds now mostly forgotten.

Lost and alone, Liam has turned to alcohol for solace. When Liam finds himself in the middle of an armed bank robbery, he takes a bullet trying to protect a beautiful bank teller. Waking in the hospital, he vows to put things right by seeking vengeance against the thieves that put the bank teller in a coma and left him for dead. Unfortunately for him, Detective Terry Subcott (Ray Liotta) is viewing him as the prime suspect in several brutal vigilante killings.

In a twisty plot structured in non-linear fashion, Liam races against the clock to enact his own form of private justice, battling a gang of vicious criminals dominated by Derek (Tommy Flanagan) and the Brothers McGraw (Kim Coates and Steven Kozlowski), all while dodging the authorities hot on his trail.

Norman Reedus also stars as Swain, Liam's conflicted former friend and co-worker. Cosmo Jackson (Ben Cross), who served in Vietnam with Liam's dead father, provides support for Liam as a surrogate father. Jean Smart, fills the role of the grief-stricken mother of comatose bank teller. She initially holds Liam in high regard for his heroic acts and seeks him out for personal solace. As the plot rolls out, she later feels betrayed

Relative newcomers Gary Cairns II and Sammi Hanratty play Gill and Marley, respectively. Gill is a somewhat reluctant criminal and Marley portrays the little girl rescued from the burning wreck. Marley is tied to Liam via the obligation that comes from saving a life. He becomes responsible for her.

The final "gunfight" scene accentuates Smrz's focus on making a modern day Western.

[edit] Cast

• Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Liam Case
• Ray Liotta as Detective Terry Subcott
• Norman Reedus as Swain
• Tommy Flanagan as Derek
• Jean Smart as Melanie McQueen
• Kim Coates as Skinner McGraw
• Ben Cross as Cosmo Jackson
• Gary Cairns II as Gill
• Steven Kozlowski as Lynch McGraw
• Sammi Hanratty as Marley Singer
• Christa Campbell as Kayla McQueen
• Paul Sampson as Gordy McGraw
• Todd Jensen as Detective Wallace MacTee
• Nathan Bautista as The Door Dude
• Lisa Dunne as Marley's Mother
• Amy Davis as Staci the Waitress
• Mike Straub uncredited as Scrub
• Shero Rauf as Razor Room Dancer