Hardcore Henry (2015)

Release date: 2016-04-07
Country: Russia|USA|China
Language: English|Russian
Director: Ilya Naishuller
Production Co: Bazelevs Production, Versus Pictures, Huayi Brothers Media
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
Rating: 6.7/10
Length: 1h 36min

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..

Plot Keywords

point of view, good versus evil, violence, telekinesis, terrorism, terrorist, experimental film, one man army, subjective camera, shootout, murder, moscow russia, wilhelm scream, evil man, terrorist group, cyborg, topless female nudity, bare breasts, stripper, female rear nudity

Short Review

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.