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6.4Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
Cast
- Andrey Dementyev as Henry / Slick Dmitry
- Sharlto Copley as Jimmy
- Danila Kozlovsky as Akan
- Haley Bennett as Estelle
- Tim Roth as Henry's Father
- Svetlana Ustinova as Olga the Dominatrix
Themes
- martial arts
- cyborg
- gore
- murder
- found footage
- levitation
- terrorist group
- moscow, russia
- first person view
- good versus evil
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
108,110 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
51%
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ilya Naishuller
- Written by
- Ilya Naishuller
- Produced by
- Timur Bekmambetov Inga Vainshtein Smith Ilya Naishuller Ekaterina Kononenko
- Starring
- Sharlto Copley Danila Kozlovsky Haley Bennett Andrei Dementiev Dasha Charusha Svetlana Ustinova
- Cinematography
- Sergey Valyaev Andrey Dementiev Ilya Naishuller Pasha Kapinos Vsevolod Kaptur Fedor Lyass
- Edited by
- Steve Mirkovich
- Music by
- Dasha Charusha
- Production companies
- Bazelevs Versus Pictures H. Brothers
- Distributed by
- Mirsand (Russia) STX Entertainment (United States)
- Release dates
- September 12, 2015 ( 2015-09-12 ) ( TIFF ) April 7, 2016 ( 2016-04-07 ) (Russia) April 8, 2016 ( 2016-04-08 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 96 minutes
- Countries
- United States Russia
- Languages
- English Russian
- Budget
- $2 million
- Box office
- $16.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Hardcore Henry is a 2015 science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Ilya Naishuller (in his feature directorial debut), and produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Naishuller, Inga Vainshtein Smith, and Ekaterina Kononenko. Will Stewart provided additional writing for the film. The film is notable for being shot entirely from the first-person perspective of its lead character.
It stars Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, and Tim Roth. The film was released theatrically in Russia on April 7, 2016 by Mirsand and the United States on April 8, 2016 by STX Entertainment.
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