Hardcore Henry

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Hardcore Henry

R

2016

1h 35m

Action

Sci-Fi

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A man wakes up in a Moscow laboratory to learn that he's been brought back from the dead as a half-human, half-robotic hybrid. With no memory of his former life, a woman who claims to be his wife tells him that his name is Henry. Before she can activate his voice, armed thugs storm in and kidnap her. As Henry starts to understand his new abilities, he embarks on a bloody rampage through the city to save his spouse from a psychopath (Danila Kozlovsky) who plans to destroy the world.

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Critics Consensus

Hardcore Henry seems poised to reinvent the action flick, but without a story or characters worth caring about, its first-person gimmick quickly loses its thrill.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

11/17/2016

The camerawork is impressively nutty and it moves like nobody's business, but it's ultimately just a wind-up toy, and once it's done going in its tedious circles, there's not much left for anyone who can vote and doesn't subsist on Red Bull.

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Bruce Diones

The New Yorker

04/18/2016

This first-person-shooter extravaganza has little purpose besides showing what happens when a GoPro is strapped to a series of stuntmen as they run through their repertoire of extraordinary action moves.

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Jonathan Pile

Empire Magazine

04/14/2016

1/5

Light on plot, high on braindead action, it turns out there's a reason hardly any films are shot in first-person view - it's just not a very good idea.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

08/01/2024

D+

The gimmick is tiresome after the first act and ultimately there's nothing to grasp here dramatically, emotionally or even superficially as a fun action flick.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

04/18/2022

2.5/4

Naishuller's presentation begins to numb the viewer about midway through, leaving us hungry for the story's few remaining kernels of plot instead of another of its chaotic set pieces.

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Therese Lacson

Nerdophiles

10/09/2021

2.5/5

It's undeniably fun to watch for action lovers, but don't think about Hardcore Henry too much, or else everything else will fall apart.

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Anchor D

@RT46374435 3d

I first watched the movie when I was a 13 year old action obsessed boy, and this changed my view of movies forever. It had just turned into one of those movies that I can watch over and over again. In addition the cinematography is extremely underrated. However I docked it one star due to that scene at the end of the film where Henry is holding a grenade launcher and it just looks like a png. But besides that, 10/10 movie. And the end fight was so peak.

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Christopher M

@RT27122576 Jun 6

Really fun and creative movie. That's what they set out to do, so they won. Worth a watch.

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Bout Tree Fitty T

@RT85512898 May 28

This is easily my all time favorite movie. It's gritty, raw, and very over the top. It might make you a little sick if something shot in 60fps is too much for you to look at . The entire movie is moving very quickly at all times and can was overwhelming for my Mom for example. But if you can handle the high frame rate, and don't mind some mindless slaughter and a brief scene in a brothel. This movie takes you on a ride and you will enjoy it. This movie takes me back to a time when a movie could be ridiculous and just about entertaining you the whole time and nothing else squandering that goal. I wish I could have more. I've seen thousands of films. I recommend this as it is exactly what I want from a movie.

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iamnotanumber41 T

@Iamnotanumber41 May 24

It may make you nauseous but the spectacle of a first person shooter movie is very unique. Is it a ground breaking plot? No. It’s a turn of your brain off and enjoy spectacle type movie. Worth a watch.

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NeckGa O

@hinoda Mar 21

like a drug, fast, you dont even know wtf is going on, addicted the only downside is this not for anyone have car sick but that also is the bright side

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Alpha B.

@RT16438397 Mar 20

Loved it. I thought the first person perspective was a gimmick but its used to maximum effect to pull off some truly breath taking and unique action sequences

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Synopsis

A man wakes up in a Moscow laboratory to learn that he's been brought back from the dead as a half-human, half-robotic hybrid. With no memory of his former life, a woman who claims to be his wife tells him that his name is Henry. Before she can activate his voice, armed thugs storm in and kidnap her. As Henry starts to understand his new abilities, he embarks on a bloody rampage through the city to save his spouse from a psychopath (Danila Kozlovsky) who plans to destroy the world.

Director: Ilya Naishuller
Producer: Timur Bekmambetov, Ilya Naishuller, Inga Vainshtein Smith, Ekaterina Kononenko
Screenwriter: Ilya Naishuller
Distributor: STX Entertainment
Production Co: Bazelevs Production, Versus Pictures
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Use|Mayhem|Nonstop Bloody Brutal Violence|Sexual Content/Nudity)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 8, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.2M
Runtime: 1h 35m