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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- The film is an exhilarating and inventive spectacle that makes every other action film from the last 10 years look as obsolete as the Lumière brothers running that train at you back in 1896.
- 75Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film's unbelievably precise choreography of action seeks to tap into a universal feeling of powerlessness.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonHardcore blasts along like a supercharged computer-game shoot-em-up, bursting with sick humor and splatterpunk violence.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyHardcore feels like umpteen post-“Star Wars” action blockbusters trash-compacted into one — and whether that fundamentally appeals or not, the ingenuity of effort is undeniably high.
- 67The Film StageEthan VestbyThe Film StageEthan VestbyIt feels longer than 90 minute because, despite changing locations frequently enough, Ilya Naishuller‘s debut feature never really has a strong sense of structure nor escalation to make it as truly kinetic as it wants. Yet, at least to some degree, the right spirit is there to lift it through some of the deadening stretches.
- 50The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyShot with head-mounted GoPro cameras, the Russian-made action flick Hardcore Henry mimics the experience of watching someone else play a very derivative first-person shooter with sub-Duke Nukem humor.
- 40CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonThe visuals are undeniably impressive at times, as Henry parkours around the city or during a particularly tense shoot-out, but they also struggle with inevitable motion sickness of the frenetic handheld camerawork.
- 40The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanNaishuller’s technique is one that could be well served as a shorter gimmick; a solitary action scene in a larger film. Hardcore is unrelenting and unforgiving in its commitment to be loud, fast, destructive and gross.
- 0New York Daily NewsStephen WhittyNew York Daily NewsStephen WhittyStupid as a bag of hammers and twice as loud, Hardcore Henry sounds like the title of the worst Kissinger bio ever. Actually, it's an action movie that feels more like you are trapped in a video game. A really, really bad video game.