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Hero for a Day (2002)
One of the filmmaker's "deeper" movies.
I enjoyed this film. Unlike all of the other movies Norcross has made, this one had a lot of internal struggles happening with the characters. Whether that was his intentions or not, I felt there was quite a bit of attention paid to the character development. You have Shawn, the hero of the story who is supposed to be all out military no matter what. He's only in high school, sure, but he can't wait to graduate and go to boot camp! That in itself is a study into the psychology of today's youth. Are they really that desperate to go out and kill people? The other is the young garrison commander that is played by the director. He's an evil, greedy, vindictive prick! What the heck could have happened to him so early on in life that he'd get involved in government cover ups at such an early age? As a Psychologist that has been running my own practice for 15 years now, I cannot begin to elaborate on how unstable the two characters were.
As a movie, it is entertaining about 90% of the time. There is a cool scene with the Coast Guard and there is a nicely orchestrated vehicular chase scene. It has all the makings of a good action movie except that it's only slightly shorter than a half an hour long. The music was very engaging and many of the scenics of the New England coast were downright beautiful. As a native of Maine, I really enjoyed the use of the locations the most.