A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis. "(Elliot) is virtually perfect."--Rolling Stone "The Hero is true cinematic zen."--New York Post "Is there an American actor of more meaningful solitude than Sam Elliott?"--Toronto Star

After he is dumped by his fiancee, Vera, British artist, Colin, flees to the village of Hope in New England to bury himself in his art. Colin ends up sulking about in a small Vermont hotel run by Joanie. When Joanie becomes aware of Colin's broken heart, she decides to match him up with a local woman named Mandy. But just as romance begins to ensue between Colin and Mandy, Vera suddenly shows back up with the intentions of rekindling her relationship...

Former hitman Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski has retired and is living a quite life of cooking and housekeeping in Mexico. Jimmy has been able to convince the authorities he's dead thanks to falsified dental records by his former neighbor Oz, who now lives in Los Angeles. But apparently not everyone has been fooled when Oz's wife, Cynthia, is kidnapped by Lazlo Gogolak and his goons. Gogolak is a member of the Hungarian mafia, and Jimmy previously murdered...