# Hardcore Henry (release 4/8/16) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546 "2016-03-10T15:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/1 "2016-03-10T15:30:53Z")
> **[Hardcore Henry (2015) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3072482/)** > > Hardcore Henry: Directed by Ilya Naishuller. With Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovskiy, Haley Bennett, Tim Roth. 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. A first person shooter perspective movie, that follows a hectic day in the life of Henry, who wakes up to find himself missing an arm and a leg. After being fitted with a couple of prosthetics by his wife, Henry’s in the process of having his speech apparatus installed when bad guys storm the lab and kidnap her. The majority of the movie was shot using GoPro Hero 3 cameras. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/2 "2016-03-10T15:49:06Z")
I saw the trailer when I went to see Deadpool. It looks interesting but I’m not sure I want to see an entire movie from a first person perspective. Too much of that makes me feel constricted. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/3 "2016-03-10T15:50:59Z")
The first person view got old very very fast just watching the trailer, I don’t think i could take even ten minutes of that. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/4 "2016-03-10T16:49:18Z")
When the movie is eventually released for streaming/DVD, it will be interesting to watch on one of the virtual reality headsets now becoming available. But I’m not sure I’d want to see it in the theaters. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/5 "2016-03-10T17:45:20Z")
Just like a video game without the things that make video games fun and entertaining! ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/6 "2016-04-10T08:36:59Z")
Just got back from seeing this. The first person perspective is a gimmick but it’s not a bad gimmick. There were a couple of things to like about it. Firstly, it made the movie much cheaper to shoot since you don’t have to worry about getting coverage. Secondly, it made the parkour much more impressive since you could see it was people actually doing parkour. The ushers did warn beforehand though that some people would experience motion sickness and they were handing out refunds for anyone who wanted to leave during the movie. All in all, it was big dumb fun and done pretty impressively. We got drunk beforehand and that was definitely the right move. If you liked the Crank series, this is basically Russian Crank. Stupid, over the top gore and impressive stunts wrapped in a paper thin plot. Anyway, I hope they pump out a bunch of sequels and you should definitely check it out if you’re in the mood for some brainless violent comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/7 "2016-04-10T16:23:30Z")
I saw it a couple of days ago. Definitely an interesting idea and worth something just for that. You have to respect any movie that tries something new. And it was done well. Yes, it was an action thriller but a well-made one. There was enough of a plot to keep it moving along. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/8 "2016-04-10T22:54:34Z")
Am I the only one who was half expecting to see him knock on a door which opens to reveal Christopher Walken in a smoking jacket? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/9 "2016-04-10T23:04:57Z")
There’s a reason they haven’t done this sort of thing [since 1947](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzdl-js_mQ4): it’s no more than a gimmick. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/10 "2016-04-11T18:11:01Z")
I like the concept, the cinematography was interesting, and the effects were top notch, but…I had to leave after 25 minutes. My date stopped watching after just 10 minutes. I didn’t have any motion sickness problems with Blair Witch or Cloverfield, but to be fair I wasn’t feeling that well before I went into the movie. I thought there would be more slow parts to smooth out the camera bob, but there really wasn’t enough. I still want to see the movie, but I may be watching it in five minute chunks when it’s released to home video. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/11 "2016-04-11T18:38:03Z")
I won’t be able to watch it. I get motion sickness from watching other people play FPS games on a large flat screen. On a large theater screen, I probably wouldn’t last 5 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/12 "2016-04-18T00:34:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Definitely an interesting idea and worth something just for that. You have to respect any movie that tries something new. I can agree with this. It tried something sort-of new. But it was clearly a videogame made into a movie and thus represented the attitudes and tastes of a 13-year-old boy. I found it disappointing. It’s as if they said, ‘we’re trying something new, here. Let’s not get carried away with trying to make a real story and interesting characters, too.’ Wasted potential. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/13 "2016-04-18T00:58:18Z")
Well, it’s trying something new in that they decided to do nothing but the first person view. Doom did the same thing back in 2005 for a short segment. It wasn’t even the best part of that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/14 "2016-04-18T01:04:44Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > The first person view got old very very fast just watching the trailer, I don’t think i could take even ten minutes of that. I took about 80 minutes before I was literally nauseated to the point of having to leave the theatre, so I missed the big ending. My tolerance for extended shakycam is now at zero. It’s likely to affect my viewing choices in future. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/15 "2016-04-18T01:40:48Z")
When I saw the title of this thread, I immediately thought… [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/73/40/5b/73405b4f304affe99be4828e713c0f7c.jpg](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/73/40/5b/73405b4f304affe99be4828e713c0f7c.jpg) :eek: D-oh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546/16 "2016-04-18T02:14:04Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > But it was clearly a videogame made into a movie and thus represented the attitudes and tastes of a 13-year-old boy. Actually it was music videos made into a movie. Biting Elbows is a Russian band; Ilya Naishuller is the lead singer. Naishuller directed videos for two of the band’s songs, “The Stampede” and “Bad Motherfucker”, that used the same first-person viewpoint to tell an abbreviated action thriller. The videos became popular online and fans kept asking for a feature length movie. One IndieGoGo campaign later, _Hardcore Henry_ is the result. So rather than feel the movie could have been greater, I admire how well-made it is considering the circumstances. The original videos[The Stampede](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYm-dT24iRY) [Bad Motherfucker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgox84KE7iY)