Hardcore-Henry

The entirety of Hardcore Henry is from the first-person perspective of its titular hero. For a nonstop actioner, this gimmick is understandable but frequently impractical. With all the jumping and crashing, camera focus is a challenge. As difficult as this film may be to watch, it is an undeniably impressive technical accomplishment. As far as having a point, though, the gimmick is aesthetically resonant, but it does not really matter all that much to the plot, which is actually surprisingly complex (though a little half-baked). There is an evil-accented, telekinetic albino baddie chasing Henry, signaling that this movie might actually be more interested in crafting a strange sci-fi head trip than pulling off its POV stunt. That sci-fi bent is welcome, as it provides a surprising degree of movie magic heft and offers an explanation for why Sharlto Copley keeps popping up everywhere to help Henry out. Anything that allows Copley to be his unpredictable self justifies its own existence.

I give Hardcore Henry 70 Sharlto Copley’s out of 100 Avatars.