"One Man's Hero" tells of the Saint Patty's Battalion of dissident Irish soldiers who fought for Mexico during the American-Mexican war of 1846-1848 and their leader, John Reilly (Berenger). This very mediocre film tries to do too much with a story which is fundamentally not very interesting as war stories go while spicing it up with a fictional and lame romance. Generally a poor production, "OMH" gives us little reason to care about any of the characters, features a typically shallow performance by Berenger, and wanders off into an esoteric bit of history which is of little interest to most. This film is to Irish-Americans as "Glory" was to African-Americans but fails where "Glory" succeeded.
Review of One Man's Hero
