''Shoot the Hero!'' is a 2010 American action-comedy film directed by

Christian Sesma Christian Sesma is an American filmmaker. He has directed such films as ''Vigilante Diaries'' (2016), '' Paydirt'' (2020), ''Take Back'' (2021) and '' Every Last One of Them'' (2021). Sesma was born and raised in the Coachella Valley. He grew u ...

, starring Jason Mewes, Samantha Lockwood, Nick Nicotera, Mike Hatton and

Danny Trejo Danny Trejo ( ; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. He has appeared in films including ''Desperado'', ''Heat'', and the ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' film series. With frequent collaborator and his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, he portrayed ...

Cast

* Jason Mewes as Nate * Samantha Lockwood as Kate * Nick Nicotera as Fat Smith * Mike Hatton as Thin Smith *

as Crazy Joe * Nicholas Turturro as Grant *

Paul Sloan Paul Sloan is an American actor and screenwriter. He has written and acted in the films '' The Night Crew'' (2015), ''Vigilante Diaries ''Vigilante Diaries'' is a 2016 action film directed by Christian Sesma and starring Paul Sloan, Quinton ...

as Franklin *

Fred Williamson Frederick Robert Williamson (born March 5, 1938), also known as The Hammer, is an American actor and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s. Williamson is perhaps ...

as The General *

Taylor Negron Brad Stephen "Taylor" Negron (August 1, 1957 – January 10, 2015) was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Milo in the 1991 buddy cop action comedy film ''The Last Boy Scout''. Early life Negron was born in Glendale, C ...

as Douglas * Brian Drolet as Hayek *

Katie Morgan Katie Morgan is an American pornographic actress, film actress, former radio talk-show host, podcast host and feature dancer. Career Morgan initially entered the porn industry as a means to pay off her bail and plea bargain after being arre ...

as Baby Doll * Annemarie Pazmino as China Doll

Release

The film premiered at the

Palm Springs International Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival (sometimes stylized shortly as PSIFF) is a film festival held in Palm Springs, California. Originally promoted by Mayor Sonny Bono and then sponsored by Nortel,here for Table of Contents it started in 1989 ...

on 8 January 2010.

Reception

'' Variety'' called the film "a little strange, a little amateurish and a bit fun". Tyler Forster of '' DVD Talk'' wrote that the film is "far from flawless, but it's not too bad either". Doug Brunell of ''

Film Threat ''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. It first ...

'' wrote that "when you spend a majority of the time thinking to yourself that what you are seeing on screen would never happen, you can’t help but ultimately realize it is a lost opportunity … though a slightly guilty pleasure nonetheless."

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, shoot-the-hero, Shoot the Hero! American action comedy films 2010 action comedy films