American Hero (2015)
Melvin, a reluctant hero who is far from super, has been suppressing his telekinetic powers for years with booze, drugs, and women. In the process, he has failed at practically everything, most of all as a parent to his son. After a brush with death, Melvin decides to use his powers for good and clean up the streets of New Orleans with the help of his best friend/definitely-not-a-sidekick, Lucille. For a man who can do the impossible, it might be a fight even he can’t win.
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Very best movie i ever watch
everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
Best movie ever!
Melvin (Stephen Dorff) has "no manners and no grace" as his ex-wife (Keena Ferguson) bars him from seeing their son Rex (Jonathan Billions) who must travel through drug infested areas to go to school. Melvin likes to party with recreational drugs and with the young ladies. He is educated and and considers himself, "talented and astute, but lazy." His best friend Lucille (Eddie Griffin) is in a wheel chair. They live in an impoverish section of New Orleans. Lucille harps on Melvin for being an underachiever as you see Melvin has major telekinetic powers and chooses to use it for street magic, rob robbers, and impress women.As expected, Melvin has an epiphany and decides he wants to do good so maybe he could see his son.The theme of the film is about a wasted gift. The acting wasn't that great and the epiphany came late. The ending was anti-climatic. The film exhibited some good writing, it just didn't present itself in an entertaining fashion.Guide: F-bomb, brief nudity
When I saw the title and a short description I hoped someone took the movie Will Smith tried to act in (and failed miserably) and fixed it to make a much better movie.Loving Dorff as an actor I sat down with high expectations. And saw them CRUSHED. This movie is so boring, the interactions so nonsensical and this all leading up to a short scene in which this "superhero" actually does anything worthwhile ... it seems like no one involved was interested in making a good movie. Very,very disappointing result, I would stay far away from this yawn. Unless you are suffering from severe insomnia. In that case this movie will solve all your troubles.
would absolutely recommend this movie! in my opinion the reason this movie has such a bad rating isn't because it's a bad movie, but rather what most people thought they were going to see beforehand.spoilermost people expected a generic high budget kid friendly "superhero" kind of movie going in, but it wasn't. that's what i loved personally about the movie it showed the troubled life of an alcohol and drug addict who was gifted with the ability to move things with his mind. the way the movie was shot almost like a documentary at some points showing the main characters personal interests in reading literature and playing the piano; i found these scenes particularly cool as the main character spoke directly to the viewer about his experiences and read some of his favorite quotes. his personality is broken down throughout the movie and you learn that he's not just an alcoholic party animal, he's a father, a great friend, and most importantly he's only human and although he has made mistakes he's willing to become a better person, no matter how difficult it may be.
comedy ? this movie is about as funny as a fart in an elevator. sorry,its just stupid yank crap.... the story starts out pretty dumb,and it just gets worse. by the time it looks like getting interesting,its over. if they had made the story AS... "AN American HERO" story then they might have been onto something. but unfortunately,this is what you get from college students. lots of intellect but little brains. just damn awful. sorry for rambling,but the top two lines say it all, and i needed 10 lines for a review.i would not pay money to see this movie.if i new how bad it would be , i would not have downloaded it.maybe,in a sequel,they could carry on the story and the main character could learn to use his talents and defeat criminals,clean up the town,and crush cars of bad guys...that wouldn't be bad to see....