2015 Directed by Ilya Naishuller
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
Tim T. Cunningham Arastao Maree John Pierce Christopher Sinnott Sean Devereaux Brian Drewes Marek Jezo Colin Strause Gregory Oehler Duy Tan Nguyen One Danny Yoon James David Hattin Dan Cayer
"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,…
Half of a star. This is a lonely, precious little half of a star. Where did all of its friends go?? Why is it only half?? Hardcore Henry shot them in their little star heads!!!
This star is for only two things, one of them being just a simple joke and that was when three people are speaking a foreign language, and they do something funny with the subtitles. It's also for these filmmakers actually going out there and making this. Even though I kind of truly despised most of the aspects of this film, I have to give these people credit for actually following through with this idea, molding this concept and making an entire feature from this point of view. Does that make this film innovative? A bit. You know who else was innovative? Stalin.
CHECK OUT THE FULL REVIEW: notyetrated.net/2016/04/08/hardcore-henry-rage-review-horrible-schlock-but-in-first-person/
If Robocop is the best comic book movie that isn't a comic book, then Hardcore Henry is the best video game movie that isn't a video game. This first person film is extremely clever, funny, and filled with amusing action. Technically it's a marvel, but you can tell by the end that the concept has been stretched to its limit and doesn't have much more to offer than endless video game violence.
22/100
Bad Sacha Baron Cohen combined with mildly entertaining parkour videos on YouTube and general commercial trash.
Sorry
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Trashy, juvenile schlock with a gimmick that's.....kind of fun? The Crank movies filtered through Mirrors Edge video games and music video production. There are biker chicks with swords. There's a white-haired anime villain with telekinesis powers and a voice like Tommy Wiseau. There are seemingly endless Sharlto Copley clones.
Speaking of Copley, I'm not sure why he's gotten shit for this role. I genuinely enjoyed watching him die comically grisly deaths, only to return as an alternate version of himself. He's a live action Bugs Bunny here, cosplaying different themed Copley's while delivering one-liners, before disappearing in a cloud of Loony Toon violence. He's also taking one of the most worn out tropes in video games (the trusty side-kick that conveniently appears to deliver mission objectives and exposition) and makes it fun and unpredictable. I can't imagine anyone else playing this weird character.
The action finale is first-person POV madness.
Le style de film est interessant mais nous offrant un personnage muet il ne peut t avoir aitre chose que de l’action. Après 23 minutes précises on a fait le tour pis ça devient redondent et long avec une finale quand même très ordinaire. Un court métrage aurait été fantastique un film complet non...
Very very fun. Like playing a video game.
I actually kind of hope they make a game set in this universe - would be thoroughly enjoyable, if they make any sequels I will definitely be down.
It's really nice to see films that you can just sit back and enjoy slowly becoming more of a thing again and I would recommend it to anybody who likes amazing stunt work, creative deaths and a good laugh.
Only real note was that I wasn't fond of the way the music was handled although it didn't detract from my enjoyment... and I keep accidentally calling it Hungry Henry XD
73/100
I had the most fun time with this stupid, trashy, badass movie. There are genuinely great things in this. The action gets better and better, and the stunt work is phenomenal. The mix of vfx and practical effects is phenomenal. A few vfx shots are bad but others are terrific. Sharlto Copley is phenomenal and hysterical, plenty of his scenes had me dying (the musical number? A+) and his character was genuinely interesting. There’s actually a very fascinating sci fi world at play here, almost makes me want a sequel. This gave me some serious Crank vibes throughout. The structure needed some work and my God they needed to write better roles for the women, but this is a spectacular gore fest first, and it excels at that. Loved the action. A great, stupid time that doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. Pretty much the perfect length. Those music cues were great.
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