Hardcore Henry (2015)

Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers.

Director:

Ilya Naishuller

Writers:

Ilya Naishuller, Will Stewart (additional writing by)

Stars:

Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth, Haley Bennett

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sharlto Copley	...	Jimmy
Danila Kozlovsky	...	Akan
Haley Bennett	...	Estelle
Tim Roth	...	Henry's Father
Andrei Dementiev	...	Slick Dimitry / Henry (as Andrey Dementyev)
Svetlana Ustinova	...	Olga the Dominatrix (as Sveta Ustinova)
Darya Charusha	...	Katya the Dominatrix (as Dasha Charusha)
Oleg Poddubnyy	...	Yuri (as Oleg Poddubniy)
Jack Hahn	...	Young Bully #1
Cyrus Arnold	...	Young Bully #2
Jake Karlen	...	Young Bully #3
Will Stewart	...	Robbie
Ilya Naishuller	...	Timothy / Higher-Self Merc / Henry
Martin Cooke	...	Marty (as Martin J. Cooke)
Sergey Chekrygin	...	Parking Lot Security (as Sergei Chikrigin)

Storyline

Waking inside a laboratory on an airship, a man recalls bullies from his childhood. A scientist, Estelle, greets him and tells him his name is Henry, she is his wife, and that he has been revived from an accident that left him amnesiac and mute. After she replaces a missing arm and leg with cybernetic prostheses, mercenaries led by the psychokinetic Akan raid the ship, claiming all of Estelle's research is Akan's corporate property. He kills Estelle's scientists before attempting to murder Henry, but Henry and Estelle flee in an escape pod, landing in Moscow. Estelle is abducted by the mercenaries, who try to kill Henry..

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Plot Keywords:

point of view | good versus evil | violence | telekinesis | cyborg | 

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Taglines:

First they made him dangerous. Then they made him mad.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for non-stop bloody brutal violence and mayhem, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official site [Japan]

Country:

Russia USA China

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

8 April 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hardcore

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

RUR 84,321,530 (Russia), 10 April 2016, Wide Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,107,604, 10 April 2016, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$9,252,038

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,810,562

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bazelevs Production, Versus Pictures, Huayi Brothers Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The very first trailer of this movie was posted on YouTube labeled as just hardcore and it was posted in 2014 one year before they announced the official trailer.

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Goofs

When Henry shakes or nods his head, the picture swings violently - which should not happen since the eyes automatically swivel to cancel out any head motion.

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Quotes

Jimmy: Hold on for just a second.
[Steps out into an open courtyard at Akan's fortress]
Jimmy: [shouting] Akan's a cunt!
Jimmy: [pauses] Ok, coast is clear.

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Crazy Credits

Torwards the end of the end credits, while they're still rolling, a beep from an answering machine comes on and it's Jimmy. The message says, "Hello, Henry. Well, if you're hearing this, there's one more thing I need you to do."

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Connections

Referenced in PWN: Best of 2016: PWN #12 (2017)

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Soundtracks

Na Zare
Written by Oleg Parastaev
Performed by Aliance, Igor Zhuravlev
Courtesy of Muslim Magomaev

User Reviews

90 minutes of all the miserable trends in action movies

"Hardcore Henry" is exactly what the trailers promised:a First Person Shooter on the big screen. If you're that sort of gamer, I'm sure this is candy - but it never gets beyond that gimmick to tell a good story. The camera-work is good for driving scenes. But for fistfights, running and parkour? Hell, no!

I'm not rating this movie because it's not like I didn't know what was in store going in. Mildly curious, sure, but it has FPS written all over it from the start. Even so, I doubt I'll ever see this again. Here's a much better way to describe it. You know those Let's Play videos on YouTube? This is *exactly* like that. You're watching a video game that someone else is playing. Where's the appeal in that?