Shoot the Hero!

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Shoot the Hero!
Directed by Christian Sesma
Written byChristian Sesma
Produced by Denise DuBarry
Christian Sesma
Starring
CinematographyKlemens Becker
Edited byBruce Feagle
Music by Joseph Conlan
Production
companies
Blue Moxie Entertainment
Seskri Productionz
Release date
  • 8 January 2010 (2010-01-08)(Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Shoot the Hero! is a 2010 American action-comedy film directed by Christian Sesma, starring Jason Mewes, Samantha Lockwood, Nick Nicotera, Mike Hatton and Danny Trejo.

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Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on 8 January 2010. [1]

Reception

Variety called the film "a little strange, a little amateurish and a bit fun". [2] Tyler Forster of DVD Talk wrote that the film is "far from flawless, but it's not too bad either". [3]

Doug Brunell of Film Threat 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." [4]

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References

  1. Buck, Fielding (1 January 2010). "Film festival set to be premiere". The Press-Enterprise . Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. Variety Staff (20 January 2010). "Shoot the Hero!". Variety . Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. Forster, Tyler (19 October 2010). "Shoot the Hero!". DVD Talk . Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  4. Brunell, Doug (17 October 2010). "SHOOT THE HERO!". Film Threat . Retrieved 5 October 2022.