"More an experiment than a film, Hardcore Henry is a non-stop, frantic exercise in adrenaline fueled marvel.
Shot completely in first person on Gopro's, the film is every FPS fans dream as the silent protagonist makes his way through a landscape of people to kill and obstacles to drive or jump over - the fact the stunts are seamless and you can never be sure just what was done real or digitally is only more impressive.
There is a definite sense of self awareness as this is never played for reality. Characters reload guns with all the stylised, mechanical movements of a computer game, whilst others often fall into the NPC style of stiff movements that look programmed - it's a visually engrossing 90 minutes that will be too much for some but to others a spectacle you cannot look away from.
Sharlto Copley shines as he plays a disabled genius who controls varying hilarious avatars of himself to aid the protagonist (including a wonderfully surreal dance number in the final act).
Inevitably, you will know within the first ten minutes if this is for you. It's a unique, overblown destruction fest, which I am very glad got made"
- 7/10
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