Review of Hardcore Henry (2015) by Skeptic303 — 19 Oct 2016

Hardcore Henry is a first-person hyper-violent movie that receives high praise from those who like hyper-violent movies and think that the first-person angle is revolutionary. For the rest, it's unmistakably incoherent. Does anyone realize that the first-person angle is merely another word for found-footage?

It actually is rather bad to be very clear. There is no one who is human in this film and barely any story to go around. When story and plot elements are introduced, they are guaranteed to be stupid. I'll restate the fact that there is nothing revolutionary about this movie and there is barely anything of any substance whatsoever throughout this film.

I'll credit the movie for some of the first-person shots in this movie that deserved to be shot in first-person and the fact that the action, though tiring after a while, held my interest for what it was worth. But the first person angle is so shaky that it actually ruins the quality of much of the action. For me, this is a throwaway film; if I want something completely mindless, I can imagine watching this movie again. Otherwise, it's only worthy of a seal of expendability.