"Hardcore Henry" seems to be a movie only made for me since I'm probably the only user on this site who will actually admit they had the time of their lives with this.

This is a movie right up my alley. It's trashy. It's insane. It's bloody. It makes very little sense a good amount of the time. And you know what? I had one stupid goofy smile on my face from begining to end. It remind me a lot of "Crank" in that they're both seeming self aware of what they are and who's watching it.

Not in the way something like "Deadpool" is quote unquote "Self Aware", in that they think they're smarter than they actually are. It's…

74/100

A desecration of everything and anything deemed tolerable, appropriate, or inherently cinematic; Hardcore Henry seems to have been created through the manipulation of a gaming controller rather than through the movement of actors and spaces, direction and cinematography, writing and editing. The audience's protagonist is unable to speak (which makes for some great physical comedy), its main "plot" revolves around a checklist of objectives, and the violence is without consequence - it's like an arcade game with one of those toy guns as a controller - until it's necessary for the "plot" to continue barreling towards another action setpiece.

But this is what Hardcore Henry wants to be. It isn't in love with itself. It IS itself. No pretension,…

The premise is marvelous, if only for the fact that it allowed for so many over the top action set pieces and sequences. I think it's a bit unfair to criticize an action film for not having any deep narrative themes, but Hardcore Henry actually does a wonderful job of stripping the story to its bare essentials, and yet subverted the narrative with its maudlin twist ending. I have more thoughts about how Hardcore Henry is a subversion of action film tropes, and even deconstruction of action films by virtue of its first person perspective, but perhaps that will come later.

Now, I want to take a moment to praise the acting skill of Sharlto Copley, who plays the scientist…

“Henry! Listen to your heart!”

Ever since this movie first came out, I have seen all kind of reviews for it. There were some that praised it for its action scenes, creativity, and fast paced story, but many people hated the camera work because of how quickly it moves with the action. This is the type of film that I feel that people will either love or despise. I am more the former because I actually really enjoyed the direction this film took. It has plenty of well executed and entertaining action scenes, a fast paced plot, intense moments, and even a surprising twist that I did not expect. The first person perspective was not perfect but overall I thought…

This was bad.

I know people might say “Well, you didn’t get it. It was supposed to be like a video game.” I would say video games are not film and even if they could translate over well (which they rarely can) this movie took all the worst parts of video game storytelling and crammed it into an hour and a half.

People might also say “Well, it was supposed to be dumb and action-y.” I would say back, even average dumb action is watchable. This was not.

Now that I’m done straw-man-ing, let’s get into some criticism.

It was like someone took video game cutscenes, added commercial level writing and porno level acting. 

The action was supposed to be…