American Hero

Griffin and Dorff are great. They deliver. Music fits, camera works. Urban landscape is realistic and true. I' don't know, but this movie surprised me.

Ignore the sucky reviews such as, just because someone expects Hancock mainstream money making style of a movie and then gives it bad review cause of that. Or I liked this one: "It says comedy, but it's not, so I gave this movie a bad mark".

Loose the expectations. Nothing dramatic happens, but its realistic enough with good acting, music, shots and screenplay to make it a solid movie that doesn't fail at the end. It most definitely does not suck and subjective remarks like that should not be implemented.

Peace

That's the story of my life, as it is for many. "I could quit bad habits and write a novel, but I'm stuck in my couch watching other peoples dream instead, as the years go by." I'm going to show this movie to my young neighbour following the same path: "I'll be an astronaut one day, but right now, I'll just have a joint in the bath tub." Steven Dorff is great in this role: sincere and sober (his acting, not the character). He is highly credible as a drunk cokehead and pothead. The realism is reinforced by the handshake camera and a couple of winks at the cameraman. I'm a fan of inclusions of supernatural into a realistic story: a movie is a fiction, so why being limited by the lows of physics? On the other hand, when a movie starts talking supernatural, it usually becomes a central point, leaving the characters soulless. Making digressions from a realistic comedy into a magical world is not common, except in some Latin American movies. They are often misunderstood by the viewers, as they aren't complying to knows standards. When lows of physics are breached to serve the story, I find it perfectly acceptable. Aren't teleportation, flying and telekinesis common in night dreams?

First impressions were OK, it was visually very nice but the swearing was a bit too frequent, like it was trying too hard to be street.

It wasn't a film that made me feel very passionate so I'm finding this hard. Due to how laid back the whole thing was, it's very easy to watch and forget.

No real real gripes with it apart from the fact it doesn't seem to know whether it is a fictional documentary or a regular movie.

In lots of scenes (mostly at the start) the cast talk to the camera man, but this isn't consistent throughout the film. I'm sure street thugs doing drugs and guns etc might not act as if the cameras weren't there, nor would the cameraman smoothly and calmly film a shootout without cover.

Some of the CGI effects were a bit video game-like which which I can understand on a low budget, but they could have disguised them better with some creative filters.

I gave it 6/10 which is a good score for me, it would have been 8/10 for a low budget movie had the above issues not have been there.

It's a very decent movie but it's NØT really about superheroes. It's about the life of a self proclaimed drug addicted, lazy A-hole who happens to have telekinesis.

I really enjoyed watching this movie. That said, I went in with very little expectations and I did not expect it to be Man of Steel or even Hancock. If all you want to see is a Hollywood superhero action movie, then this is not the movie for you.

This movie is about a guy with superpowers, not a superhero. It's depiction is much more down to earth, mundane, and realistic compared to the glamorous and romantic depiction of people with super powers in other movies like The Marvel and DC films.

It's about a pretty average, albeit really irresponsible guy who deals with his own personal issues.. he also just so happens to have telekinesis. I say give it a chance unless you want an action packed "superhero" movie.