The Liberator - Short Film

The Liberator

Directed by Aaron Pope

Starring Lou Ferrigno, Peta Wilson and Michael Dorn, with Ed Asner

This is a nice little short view that can be viewed on Amazon Instant Video (Prime), which is where I watched it.

In this short Lou Ferrigno plays a disgraced ‘super hero’ The Liberator trying to repair his relationship with his daughter and reclaim his reputation. He plans to release the truth about a ten-year old incident that lead to the death of a team mate and him being labeled a traitor.

Only the military and our government, plan to make sure that truth never sees sunlight.

This is actually a very good short film. It is well made, written, the pacing is good and there are very nice action scenes.

Aaron Pope did a very good job in making this short.

The true gem of this piece is Lou Ferrigno. If nothing else, watch this for Ferrigno’s performance. In this short Ferrigno gives the best performance of his career, and proves that he has some chops.

The only drawback with ‘The Liberator’ is that it ends on a cliff hanger. I don’t know if a sequel or more episodes were made, and a search shows nothing. Which is really too bad, as I would love to see where this would have went.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
Gritty, epic, well made.

RATING: 7.5