Heroes for Hire

Nothing special. There are a lot of way more interesting action b-movies out there.

This is one of those forgettable direct-to-VHS action movies. Out of all the action movies I've seen this is one of them. There is not a lot of votes for this and even less reviews and there's a reason for that. The reason is that this movie doesn't have a lot to talk about. It's cheap-looking, badly acted, but mostly boring and not all that entertaining. I mean there's worse movies out there but that doesn't make this movie good.

I wouldn't recommend this movie. I just don't see the reason to. There are so many great 80s action movies watch one of those movies instead. Try watching Predator, Terminator, Die Hard, Road Warrior, etc. first. If you want action movies this is just not that special.

TLDR; this movie's not that great.

Typically I like to start by acknowledging the Director , but in the case of Heroes for Hire it's only fair to give credit to the writer Timothy Jorge for an excellent screenplay with as many twist and turns one might expect to see in a good Al Adamson flick. McPearson played by the handsome (Bruce Baron) is out to rescue Professor Arlington (Mike Monty) and his lovely assistant Liza (Liza Hutton) who were kidnapped at a swanky pool party while our hero McPearson was merely knocked out. Suffice it to say the other guests were not so lucky.

The film really takes off from there with McPearson battling four levels of bad guy hierarchy with a cool and smug demeanor that just worked. Excellent performances by Z movie stalwarts (Robert Marius ) Barner, (Eric Hahn) Escalar and the great (Nick Nicholson ) as the less then pleasant Barankov. The final assault onto bad guy Island is a real treat with (Tony Chang) as the acrobat Ninja being the highlight.

The film does have some short comings with a couple of scenes needing a second take, and Baron's bad habit of slouching especially when he sits. This should have been rectified with Director Teddy Page telling him to sit up strait. These are trivial problems overcome by a high body count and the great action put on screen. A couple of actors in their one and only roles deserve a shout out with the debonair (Jack Steward ) Manager of the rescue team and the for- mentioned Liza Hutton who were both naturals in front of the camera. Liza even took on the duties of leading lady and provided a lovely polite much enjoyed shower scene. When you add it all up if you do not like Heroes For Hire you probably are not going to like Z movies in general because this one is a "Z+" to be sure.