Synopsis
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 Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
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Cast
- Sharlto CopleyJimmy
- Danila KozlovskyAkan
- Haley BennettEstelle
- Tim RothHenry's Father
- Andrey DementyevHenry / Slick Dmitry
- Svetlana UstinovaOlga the Dominatrix
- Darya CharushaKatya the Dominatrix
- Oleg PoddubnyyYuri
- Jack HahnYoung Bully #1
- Cyrus ArnoldYoung Bully #2
Recommendations
- 78
Austin Chronicle
The film is an exhilarating and inventive spectacle that makes every other action film from the last 10 years look as obsolete as the Lumière brothers running that train at you back in 1896. - 75
Slant Magazine
The film's unbelievably precise choreography of action seeks to tap into a universal feeling of powerlessness. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Hardcore blasts along like a supercharged computer-game shoot-em-up, bursting with sick humor and splatterpunk violence. - 70
Variety
Hardcore feels like umpteen post-“Star Wars” action blockbusters trash-compacted into one — and whether that fundamentally appeals or not, the ingenuity of effort is undeniably high. - 67
The Film Stage
It feels longer than 90 minute because, despite changing locations frequently enough, Ilya Naishuller‘s debut feature never really has a strong sense of structure nor escalation to make it as truly kinetic as it wants. Yet, at least to some degree, the right spirit is there to lift it through some of the deadening stretches. - 58
IndieWire
It never crystallizes into a singular experience, and instead collapses in a rush of well-intentioned innovations. - 50
The A.V. Club
Shot with head-mounted GoPro cameras, the Russian-made action flick Hardcore Henry mimics the experience of watching someone else play a very derivative first-person shooter with sub-Duke Nukem humor. - 40
CineVue
The visuals are undeniably impressive at times, as Henry parkours around the city or during a particularly tense shoot-out, but they also struggle with inevitable motion sickness of the frenetic handheld camerawork.
