Product Details

• Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Patrick Flanery, Robert Forster, Tanya Allen, Mark Metcalf
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Millennium Media Ser
• VHS Release Date: July 22, 2003
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000067JC2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #540,939 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good., February 25, 2004

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Dean (Twin Cities, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lone Hero (DVD)

I saw parts of this movie on HBO while flipping between channels looking for something worthwhile to watch. I thought this made for HBO movie was far from what I was looking for. After seeing parts of it probably half a dozen times and being drawn in, I finally sat down and watched it from beginning to end.

This movie has a straightforward simple plot. At a glance it looks like Hollywood stock and the average back cover synopsis at the movie store wouldn't lead you to believe different. But, this film is of higher quality. The writing is good, even witty. The acting is good. The action is a vehicle to the plot, not center stage. It is a light, benevolent, and heroic movie, with action as its backdrop.

Unfortunately I haven't seen anything else written or directed by Ken Sanzel worth recommending.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not too Bad for a B movie, May 16, 2006

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Tom Minkler "modicum" (L.A., CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lone Hero (DVD)

I saw most of this on TV last Sunday night (1:00am Monday morning). That time slot is dubious at best, often it's junk but occasionally redeems itself.

For a B movie i actually liked this. Yes the story is very cliched, but making the "hero" an "actor" (e.g., "i'm not a hero but i play one on TV") added just enough of a quirk to take it out of the totally mundane (plus the girl he was trying to save had broken up with him). It isn't too pretentious, and there was something about the characters that was likeable enough that i cared what happened.

Robert Forster did an excellent job as the hero's "mentor" and the bikers weren't too retarded, especially Hank Dillon who did a good job as well. Also there's the usual dufus town sheriff who tries to save the town by being a total coward.

This is not a movie you'd want to pay to see in a theater, but as a cheap rental or on TV it's not a complete waste. Maybe on the same level as a Steven Seagal, not as good as a Jackie Chan, but much better than some of the lower level of the same type (though maybe not worth the time i just spent typing this). But then i'm always a sucker to see the good guys win in the end, even if i know what's going to happen. Plus i didn't want to go to sleep and have to wake up for work on Monday morning.

(P.S. i loved the beat that played at the end, and the credits song that followed, which was Streets of Laredo played by either Headstones or Randy Kiss(?); i've found Headstones to download but not this song, would love to find it.)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lone Hero, March 31, 2009

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Lawrence S. Reiff - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lone Hero (DVD)

I view this movie as a low budget Biker movie which held my interest and was consistant as to my expectations of Lou Diamond Phillips who performed excellent. Supporting actors did a fine job as well. The location where it was filmed reminded me of "Ghost Town" in Maggie Valley North Carolina.