Editors Note: Every new release is reviewed as time allows even though not all aspects of the movie are watched especially if a movie has pornography in it. If pornography is suspected the DVD is checked for the time and I turn my head away until a new scene is anticipated.

"Hero Wanted" (2007)

Picture and source from the site http://www.imdb.com. The movie is rated R for gun violence, grisly violence, and pervasive language. Run time is 95 minutes! Now available on DVD!

Maincast:
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Liam Case

RECOMMENDATION:
WATCH MOVIE WITH CAUTION:

PLOT SYNOPSIS:
"Hero Wanted" is about a guy named Liam Case (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) who drinks his life away in a bar after he fails to save his pregnant wife from drowning until one day he gets the opportunity to save the life of a girl in a burning car. At that moment, he is hailed a hero by the city until two bodies are found. Some think he did it and others think it cannot be because of his hero status. The story revolves around getting to the truth of the murders, a bank robbery, and the abduction of a little girl.

CONTENT REVIEW:
"Hero Wanted" is a violent movie with a scene of nudity 10:26 seconds into the movie, but is packed with foul language at least 205 times. It addresses issues such as violence, stealing, grief, betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption.

What I did not like about the movie:
1. The foul language was too much.
"Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them." (Ephesians 4:29, NLT)

2. There was one scene of nudity.

"One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers. Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked." (Genesis 9:21-23, NLT)

"And do not approach my altar by going up steps. If you do, someone might look up under your clothing and see your nakedness." (Exodus 20:26, NLT)

“Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.” (Revelation 16:15, NLT)

What I liked about the movie: (SPOILER ALERT)
1. Liam tries to do whatever he could to save the life of a girl.
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." (Philippians 2:2-4, NIV)

2. Liam does not care for his own life when he tries to save a girl and a cop.
"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13, NIV)

3. Liam goes to confess to the woman he had wronged when she awakes from a coma.
"Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed." (James 5:16a, NLT)

4. The woman forgives him and he finds redemption amidst all his wrongs.
"My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back, you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins." (James 5:19-20, NLT)

5. Liam does not take advantage of a little girl when she wants him.

QUESTIONS TO PONDER: (Spoiler Alert)
1. How do you think people should deal with grief and did Liam Case do that? Why or why not?

2. Liam Case wants to go out with this woman and sets in motion a bank robbery that goes haywire when the woman and he is shot thereby not being able to act the role of a hero. What do you think about the way the woman's mother acted towards Liam, what about how the woman acted towards Liam?

3. No matter how many good acts we do, one bad act is enough to destroy the good acts and character of a person, why do you think that is the case and what can you do to ensure that all the good you have done does not evaporate with one bad act?

4. Why do you think Liam went to save the girl putting his own life in jeopardy? What would you have done?

5. How many selfless acts do we see in this movie and what act was the most impacting?

6. Why do you think Liam lived even after he was shot multiple times?

7. What did you think about the part of the Lord's prayer that Liam prayed and why do you think he did it?

8. What did you think about what the young girl did towards the officer?

9. What principle of loyalty and faithfulness do we learn from Liam's caretaker?

10. What did you like about the movie and what did you not like about the movie?

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