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Lone Hero (2002) -- An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town.

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5.3/10   392 votes
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Director:
Ken Sanzel
Writer:
Ken Sanzel (written by)
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Genre:
Action | Adventure | Drama more
Tagline:
Big Bad Bart Is Open For Business ...COP KILLING
Plot:
An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town. full summary | add synopsis
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Solid, original story with plenty of guns and action while still having depth and a plot more

Cast

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Lou Diamond Phillips ... Bart

Sean Patrick Flanery ... John

Robert Forster ... Gus

Tanya Allen ... Sharon
Mark Metcalf ... Marshall Harris

Hugh Dillon ... King (as Hugh R. Dillon)

Tyler Labine ... Tim
Alonso Oyarzun ... Pablo
Dave 'Squatch' Ward ... Dog
Gary Chalk ... Sheriff Cal (as Garry Chalk)

Haig Sutherland ... Deputy Hank

Mike Dopud ... Trooper

Ty Olsson ... Sticky
Ben Cardinal ... Smokey
Bill Dow ... Dillman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Héros solitaire (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
Canada | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Bart: [objecting to being stuffed into the trunk] Ya know I could suffocate in here.
John: No. You fellas ventilated my car just fine.
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Soundtrack:
Streets Of Laredo more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Solid, original story with plenty of guns and action while still having depth and a plot, 27 August 2003
10/10
Author: Mrcheeks from MADTOWN,USA

I couldn't say I like this movie more. I gave it a 10! The characters are very like-able and the story is really good yet simple. Bart(Lou Diamond Phillips) is head of a lawless biker gang that has a strong dislike for cops as you'll see in the beginning. While Bart and one of his biker brothers are on an excursion of violence and mayhem, they encounter John(Sean Patric Flanery), a simple guy from a very small town that works in a wild west show locally. After Bart and Dog, his biker gang companion, rob and beat down smoky their local bartender,Bart makes it clear what will happen to anyone who is witness from his biker brothers. John is the only witness with enough guts to tell the police what he saw and who they were. From here on the story really gets moving. The following day Bart and Dog show up in the mock wild west town John and his fellow bar companions work at. John without really thinking gets the drop on them with his stage gun, a real gun but loaded with blanks. Once in jail Bart uses his one phone call to call some more of his biker brothers who dispatch the sherif and his deputy, setting Bart free. From here on it's John versus the bikers with some help from another West show worker Gus(Robert Forster).

Flanery's is very like-able as the character John. John's not too sure of himself in the beginning and just in general but finds his inner courage when he is confronted with the harsh realities that a small town such as his never see. Phillips I think has made a great accomplishment with his portrayal of Bart. Evil to the bone but somehow you still like him. Bart feels a connection with John as if John is his soul opposite or something along that line. John couldn't do more to show Bart he is connected to him in no way and is determined to make sure Bart doesn't find an untimely death and serves out his life in prison. Forster as Gus is somewhat of a rougher good guy and is very cool. An excellent supporting role to Flanery and the theme of the movie. This movie is simply too good to be a B movie. I would have payed to see it and infact bought the DVD.

This film shows a solid script with some imagination can produce a very good movie on a low budget. I wish more movie exec's would catch on to this and stop showing the brainless, tasteless garbage in the theatre's that caters to mindless teenagers and young adults that simply have no taste or understanding about what makes a film good. Maybe a little more budget and this film would have made the theatres. You'd be amazed what you can learn about film making from lower brow movies such as Lone Hero. My final statement is this: Story and acting REALLY CAN carry a movie without being all flashy and in a pretty package to get your attention and dollars. This movie is really worth seeing and when you do you may find yourself watching it repeatedly as myself and many others have.

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