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,…
I heard this was bad. It's like playing a video game only you're not in control. Some douchebag is!!!
As it stands, I'm probably making it sound way more exciting than it actually is.
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.
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Sexist as hell and the gamer stuff made me cringe. Gimmick was a lot of fun though.
I’m just a sucker for over the top action movies and I mean the scene with Don’t Stop Me Now is no comparison to Shaun of the Dead but either way it’s a great song to fit fantastic action sequences.
A mute cyborg with amnesia fights his way through Moscow. That is all you need to know about the story.
“Hardcore Henry” is completely filmed from the first perspective. A lot of people hate this, but I find the cinematography impressive and innovative. There is almost none quiet moment in this film. Instead, we follow Henry from one action scene to another, and those actions scenes are brutal and completely over the top. And the antagonist is freaking psychokinetic. You could say that the whole movie feels like a first-person shooter video game (complete with the mute, faceless protagonist). If this is a good or a bad thing, you have to decide for yourself. I liked it.
There is not…
Absolutely wild ride from start to finish. Some of these stunts are so batshit insane I genuinely have no idea how they pulled them off, especially the protagonist falling from the helicopter anf the lady getting clothes-lined on the elevator. Every sequence is choreograohed to such a satisfying rhythm and the way the music cuts to punctuate a climatic moment is unbelievably perfect. The sheer variety of sequences on offer here is almost mindblowing and the fact the movie is actually well paced is nothing short of a miracle. I'm particularly impressed the movie didn't over-stretch its cast and primarily focuses on one side character. Only slight let down is the lead scientist's performance but I'm willing to forgive that when the movie that gets nearly everything else so resoundingly right. The first person pov is utterly innovative and frankly a new step in cinema's evolution. Don't sleep on this
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