Review of American Hero (2015) by Benthebrownie — 13 Dec 2015

Melvin, a reluctant Superhero, lives only for crime, women and drugs - until he realizes that the only way he will ever get to see his estranged son is to go straight and fulfill his potential as a crime fighter.

Honestly, I quite enjoyed this movie at parts. I say parts because I enjoyed this movie until it gets painful and all you are left with is the bad acting and humor. Aside from Stephen Dorff and Eddie Griffn, they carry a lot of the movie so it's important that they have enough chemistry and charisma to carry it.

.. And they do... And it works really well! Watching them on screen working together was very entertaining, But when they aren't together and they are left with either his boring cliche family or his boring cliche friends and it's annoying.

Speaking of cliches, this movie hits every single one. The setup, the fallout and the second chance sequences all hit every single cliche and even if it doesn't make any sense everything ends all happy and cheerful even though it doesn't deserve it.

The pacing goes everywhere! It's insanely fast and chokes you with energy at one part. But, then it would become a total snooze and nothing happens. Literally the first 40 minutes we find out he has superpowers and an estranged child but that was in the trailer so nothing new happens.

Now that I'm thinking about it, if you haven't seen the trailer and thinking this movie has a cool premise and want to check it out in theaters than please don't watch the trailer. It literally spoils the entire movie.

In the end, I found this movie to be enjoyable although it was all over the place but I enjoyed it for what it was trying to do. I'm giving this one a 5/10.