Hardcore Henry is incredibly underrated and the weird thing is both times I have seen it I had two completely different experiences, the first time I saw it was in the Cinema and it was one of the best cinema experiences ever because it was just such a fun film and myself and the crowd just couldn't help to react to certain moments, also the ending of this film honestly caused the cinema to give it a standing ovation as I don't think any of us was thinking it was gonna be that fun. The next experience was watching it on Blu Ray and honestly watching it on a good-sized TV (not a laptop or phone) was just so great as well, as I found myself noticing lots more little details and though this film isn't super complicated it is just so fun and you can see that passion of all the people working on it.
Also, I need to talk about how great Sharlto Copley is in this film as he is so perfect playing different versions of himself and there is one scene, in particular, involving a musical and he is just phenomenal in it. Now the story isn't the most complicated or even the most creative, but for the main character who doesn't talk and we don't know what he looks like, as a viewer you will find you get behind him immediately and the performance of Andrei Dementiev / Ilya Naishuller (Henry) is fantastic for a purely physical performance is fantastic.
I'm so happy Ilya Naishuller is getting to work with David Leitch on Nobody because honestly is a very talented director who deserves to work with the action greats, I can't recommend this film enough if you are a gamer but also if you are an action lover who wants to be put in the driver seat. The one warning I give you is you might get a bit of motion sickness while watching but just take a break and then get back to the rollercoaster.
Note: People moaning about the shaking cam......I don't think you understand that the film is trying to make you feel like this confused person at the moment, just because we love steady-cam action it doesn't mean shaky-cam doesn't have its place. Also, this film was made for 2 million USD, literally, that is such a difficult thing to do and having worked in the film I can tell you working with a small budget isn't easy but only truly creative directors/crews can pull that off.
Review by Kevin SocialBlockedParent2020-12-20T10:46:05Z
Hardcore Henry is incredibly underrated and the weird thing is both times I have seen it I had two completely different experiences, the first time I saw it was in the Cinema and it was one of the best cinema experiences ever because it was just such a fun film and myself and the crowd just couldn't help to react to certain moments, also the ending of this film honestly caused the cinema to give it a standing ovation as I don't think any of us was thinking it was gonna be that fun. The next experience was watching it on Blu Ray and honestly watching it on a good-sized TV (not a laptop or phone) was just so great as well, as I found myself noticing lots more little details and though this film isn't super complicated it is just so fun and you can see that passion of all the people working on it.
Also, I need to talk about how great Sharlto Copley is in this film as he is so perfect playing different versions of himself and there is one scene, in particular, involving a musical and he is just phenomenal in it. Now the story isn't the most complicated or even the most creative, but for the main character who doesn't talk and we don't know what he looks like, as a viewer you will find you get behind him immediately and the performance of Andrei Dementiev / Ilya Naishuller (Henry) is fantastic for a purely physical performance is fantastic.
I'm so happy Ilya Naishuller is getting to work with David Leitch on Nobody because honestly is a very talented director who deserves to work with the action greats, I can't recommend this film enough if you are a gamer but also if you are an action lover who wants to be put in the driver seat. The one warning I give you is you might get a bit of motion sickness while watching but just take a break and then get back to the rollercoaster.
Note: People moaning about the shaking cam......I don't think you understand that the film is trying to make you feel like this confused person at the moment, just because we love steady-cam action it doesn't mean shaky-cam doesn't have its place. Also, this film was made for 2 million USD, literally, that is such a difficult thing to do and having worked in the film I can tell you working with a small budget isn't easy but only truly creative directors/crews can pull that off.