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Ilya Naishuller's Hardcore Henry is one of those truly unique films-a video game brought to life, shot entirely from the first-person perspective. This required seamlessly stitching together hundreds of chaotic individual shots into a series of much longer, more complex sequences, utilizing some of the most invisible VFX I've ever seen. The film achieves something rare in cinema: making the camera the protagonist.
With the titular character always hidden behind the camera, the audience can only infer the protagonist's emotions based on the camera and Sharlto Copley's movements. This required incredibly specific camera work and extreme efforts from the operators. It's genuinely amazing that no one was seriously injured on set or that no VFX artist suffered from overwork due to the sheer amount of invisible VFX necessary to tie it all together.
To understand why this film was so complex and dangerous, and why nothing like it has really been attempted since, grab your "nice" jacket and GoPro as we dive into the literal insanity of how they brought an entire video game to life on a modest budget of just two million dollars!
Spoiler alert: it was made by Russians. That’s how
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:02 - How this POV Style Worked
2:52 - How Ilya Naishuller's First Projects Informed this Film
3:55 - Why "long takes" are essential to creating a "First Person Shooter" movie
5:11 - NordVPN
7:04 - How VFX Made This Film At All Possible
8:18 - How this VFX Worked
9:52 - Adding Character Into The Movement of a Camera
11:00 - Chaos
12:22 - Where CGI came in Handy
13:29 - Why CGI and GoPro's are not Friends
14:38 - The Biggest Problem with all of this
16:18 - Closing Thoughts
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this movie was also one of the first major movie to use blender, a free and open source 3d software at a time when it was basically inferior to the industry standards but also something no one took seriously.
Really! That's crazy! I think I saw Blender pop up in my research (I actually wrote this video months ago) but I never really thought twice about it because Blender is so much more common place now.
But yea in 2015 that's actually quite a special usage of it 😅 - Thanks for mentioning this!
I've been using Blender since 2017 initially as a hobby - and now I'm a professional 3D artist, all because of it's free and open source nature!!
It really warms my heart to be seeing it pop up in places like this because I remember just a few years ago when it was the runt of the industry and the butt of many jokes. I'm in love with it, and it's amazing community. Wooo go Blender!! :D :))
And it shows in those bits where the movie looks like a ps2 cinematic but whatever
@@jamief.g It's still bad, you just don't know any better.
Not just blender but Davinci Resolve as well which is another
How did they do this for 2 million when a single episode of she hulk cost 25 million.
Cheap russian labor + homebrew tech from brillant engineers. Most likely, 2 mils Is what investors spend, but there was alot of product placement that helped to cover some spendings that wasn't added to budget. Its common practice for Bekmambetov producer company.
I would say, For She-Hulk, the mot likely reason for the inflated budget is that the main character is a 7 foot tall green CG woman. Add in the fact of the supporting cast, plus Hollywood taxes being a thing, and most if not entire scenes being completely CG; you get a monster of a Budget. I remember reading an article a while back about the price disparities of Animated Films; The Main Focus Being 'Turning Red.' From Pixar, and 'Nimona' from Blue Sky/Netflix. Nimona costed a fraction of the cost of Turning red, Why? Simple, Pixar, and Disney as a whole, holds them selves to a higher standard and will take the time to individually place hair on a persons head. If you look closely at Pixar's recent catalogue, they do in fact look great, but movies from other companies sometimes makes better looking movies. I suspect that the same thing there, happened with She-Hulk; over reliance on Detail and trying to rove they are better. They would rather pay VFX artists millions of dollars instead of hiring a decent writer, and actually paying that writer. TLDR; Detail = $$$, Goodish story and ingenuity = $.
They weren't paying D.I E. diversity officers, intimacy coordinators and sensitivity counselors.
They paid cast, crew, and vfx artists
They didn't have a have a an actor twerk thats why . most of that budget went towards she hulk throwing it back 😂
Most American movies with huge budgets doesn't mean most of the budgets go to effects and etc. The budgets go to there big name actors hard-core Henry had like 4 main actors and 1 of them played like 7 roles
I went to see HCH in theaters. It was just me and a little old lady who obviously was either tricked by her very young grandson to take him or she was an enabler who took the kid to a movie knowing his parents wouldn't like it. Nobody else. Just us 3 at the showing. I was wondering what the little old lady was thinking as the movie progressed becoming more weird, violent, and over the top.
At the climax of the movie I got my answer when lil old granny screamed out "F*cking kill them Henry!"
You got me in the first half 😆
Why are old people so based? Is like as their time is nearing, they just abandon all morals and formalness and go "Hell yeah"
Amazing
Wish my Grandma was an enabler, but it sounds like the experience of seeing the old lady be her young spirit must’ve made you laugh, definitely a surprise to hear what you’d thought was a sweet old lady
Same for me, when i was younger in highschool i took lsd and went to a theatre to see it by myself. I really liked the idea of tripping and watching a fully POV movie similar to Enter the Void. Think there was like only 5 other people at the theatre. Being honest, im not surprised the movie didn't get a popular showing. Definitely more of an experimental movie that i imagine most people got turned off from just the trailers.
I was fortunate to have worked on a part of this movie, specifically a handful of shots in the airship. You have described the process almost perfectly, however I need to add some corrections.
- The lens distortion on the GoPro was/is very pronounced, but it was the same for every shot - so we created one lens distortion/undistortion profile, and used it for all the shots. The biggest problem was not the time to undistort the footage, but rather it's size after straightening, pixel dimensions were at least 2x from the original (if I recall correctly, this was a long time ago). So with the computers not having a ton of RAM (think it was 32GB at the time) we could work with only a few frames at once, simply because of the size of the undistorted plates.
- We did 3d track on most shots, that helped us to retouch things and add new ones, because we could position objects and 3d planes where needed. We then projected the texture onto those 3d planes, receiving basically a stabilized region, super easy to retouch/change, and only put that changed part back in (after re-distorting), to not lose sharpness due to undistort/redistort combo.
- The hardest thing to beat was actually the rolling shutter, which was super visible in quick camera motions. That, combined with motion blur, and lack of color definition (like you rightfully mentioned) made some shots extremely hard to track. Luckily, Syntheyes helped there, no shot remained "unsolved".
- The shot splicing sometimes could be done with just the optical flow morphing - especially when the ends were quite similar, so that did save a lot of time compared to the full 3d projection workflow you mentioned.
damn bro thats EPIC
That's awesome feed back, thanks>
crazyyyy
How was it working with the insanely compressed GoPro footage? I'm not a professional VFX artist (a hobbyist who's done like 3 things in blender and after effects, my real job is as a film composer), but in my experience working with compressed phone footage, tracking is a pain because there's less detail for the computer to recognize.
@@TiagoNugentComposer It was surprisingly good. the bitrate was enough to not have macroblocks all the time, maybe only in super-quick movement moments. Also, the footage was shot in Protune "flat" color, which retained a lot more dynamic range than usual. So after converting to Rec709 (we didn't work in linear color back then) we had a pretty good picture to work with. The situation was worse with lowlight scenes, we had to do quite a lot of denoising. But still, it was surprisingly good footage, for the camera it came out of (I might be mistaken, but I think it was only second gen Gopro).
Tracking is a whole other question - every shot required creating supervised trackers (semi-manual tracking option in Syntheyes). So no 1-click solution, but after you've got enough trackers going, the solve was usually pretty painless. Sometimes, when the macroblocking got really rough, we would need to guess the movement across several frames - but thankfully this was rarely the case.
I still laugh at the horse scene where he jumps on the horse, and you get that music, and he immediately falls off.
"Quit fucking around Henry" I love that scene 🤣
@@mattsmustang65 Walking dead pilot episode hommage
We need more Hardcore Henry video essays.
What more do you want to hear about?
We need more hardcore henry style movies
@@DrEpicPhDThings that have not been formerly discussed.
@@AluminiumFoil Looks like that's already been completed.
The movie director also streams on twitch from time to time his nickname is realnaishuller or something like that
Love this film, never occurred to me how many hidden cuts they had to create and all the extra challenges of VFX on warped lower res GoPros.
_never occurred to me how many hidden cuts they had to create_
That's how we know they did a really, really good job. We don't even stop to ask "Huh, how did they even do that shot?" We just accept it.
@@harbl99the only VERY obvious shot cuts i remember was when henry was in a car chase with a minigun
I know right! The GoPro footage must be hard to work with! If you like VFX and Blender 3d you may like our CZcams channel, czcams.com/users/lightarchitect
Great video; I think on top of all that, it's Sharlto Copley's phrenetic performance throughout that elevates the entire movie to its "hardcore" status....and what exactly is going on with the "bad guy" having some kind of "super power" like an end-boss to a game, perfect
Yea it's just another one of the many "mind-blowing" parts of this film. That scene where all the different "clones" dance is brilliantly done!
yep, defenetly one of the most amazing character actor
Frenentic*, "Phrenetic" relates to Phrenology, the 19th century pseudoscience
@@tomaspabon2484 I could have said "frenetic" but I said phrenetic, an adjective meaning "frenzied, filled with extreme excitement; excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion." In your defense, they are synonyms.
@@slckb0y65But I heard that he f*cks prawns
Between this and District 9 I think Sherlto Cropley has some sort of x-man like ability that gives low budget movies magically good visual FX
he's also in Elysium which I greatly enjoyed (the movie and his performance in it)
dude, chappie
There's a prequel comic called Hardcore Akan.
Are you shtting me? Two million dollars?! That's insane!
This is one of my all-time favourites and it kills me that more people haven't seen it, especially my favourite react channels, who I know would love it as it's totally the type of movie they're into.
I'm still planning on watching the movie for the first time soon, but I had no idea there was a prequel comic. You think I should read it before watching Hardcore Henry, or read it after the movie ?
@@johnderat2652 I couldn't tell ya. I only know of it but have never bought one.
@@johnderat2652 I read it, there's not much in the comic that has anything to do with the movie (other than the fact that Akan exists). It explains how he got his powers what kind of person he is, and what he does with those powers. I think the movie takes place years, or perhaps even a decade or, after the comic ends.
So you don't need to worry about watching or reading them in order or anything like that.
@@chickencurry420 Thanks. Honestly I'm asking mostly to know whether it would add to the overall experience of the movie by knowing more about the story/antagonist _before_ or _after_ watching it. Like, would knowing more about Akan's character add to my enjoyment while watching the movie ?
@@johnderat2652 I think that's a question with too subjective of an answer so I'll say this: Aside from the character himself, the stories have virtually nothing to do with each other. If you've seen the movie, then the comic will be an unnecessary, yet entertaining origin story to see where its villain came from.
If you haven't seen the movie, the comic would likely work as a self-contained story about a psychopathic villain character who goes mad with power.
They were originally gonna explain Akan's background in the movie but it was cut for time, which was a good move in my opinion. Even though Akan has a cool story, trying to explain it all within the movie itself in any coherent way would've been fatal to its overall pacing, while ultimately adding nothing to Henry's story.
Personally, I'd suggest seeing the movie first and then deciding for yourself if you like Akan enough to want to know more about his backstory. Reading the comic will tell you more about the villain, but not so much that you'd be lost without it.
Shout out to The Biting Elbows. Wouldn't have even known about Hardcore Henry if I hadn't been following their music and their music videos for years.
same
well, director of the film is one of founders (frontman) of this band, he also shot all their music videos
@@kirdeak Yup! I was actually surprised that they only used one of their songs in the movie.
@@Bat0541love their songs now, haha
@@Bat0541 Not True! Dustbus has a brief Cameo during the sniper scene when Punk Jimmy is on screen, My Woman plays during the Chase scene and For the Kill is the credits song All three were done by Biting Elbows (Even if My Woman didnt release until 2020)
Saw this movie in the theaters when it came out and the intense, immersive fun of the experience truly stuck with me. At least for longer than it took the motion-sickness to wear off.
Oh man, I know that feel. Saw it in the theater too and when Henry jumped off the plane, I suddenly felt dizzy.
12:08 My fiend worked on the set, he told me that lady got a broken rib and a head trauma in that shot. Her first words after the fall "Was the take good" she is a stunt actor. And she got hit in the face by accident, she should of just fall, but stuff happens. Also he told me that punches was hard to fake, so crew decided to just go for it.
Btw 11:40 bridge is not that scary was running on it myself from police when I was 15
Зарепортил тебя в полицию за побегушки по мостам
@@petrwarthursty2011 🤡🤡🤡
Balance
bro your fiend? Wtf you doing with a fiend out here bro 💀
Ouch
There's a scene in the abandoned apartment block were he shoots a missed shot with an AK. And they still cgi in the impact of the stray bullet around the door frame.
The mini gun V van is well done to match the direction of barrels.
Great movie.
The rooftop fight is insane.
the director also made Nobody (2021), kinda baffling to see Hollwood not utilising him more
He's just built different.
He's Russian. It's called xenophobia.
I love this movie and i’m so happy it’s still appreciated even now
Including the word "hardcore" in the title, voluntarily or not, was the best anti-piracy method a movie could ask for.
I was following the film on Facebook way before it came out. The original name was just "Hardcore", they added "Henry" afterwards.
I still think XxX (2002, Vin Diesel) had the best anti-piracy title. But Hardcore Henry is a better movie.
I literally privated it the day it came out, but okay.
@@meoff7602 good for you
How is it anti piracy? I'm confused by that
Before I watch the video, I wanna appreciate that you're covering the film as its hidden gem that should be more known. Its a personal fave and one way that I still feel this is John Wick would be in 1st person & how FPS game franchises could adapt the IPs to film. Let alone how Sharlto Copley carried this like I knew he would.
Sharlto absolutely slaughtered these roles lol
John Wick and Hardcore Henry definitely have the same video game protagonist vibe to them
I love this movie. I watched it 14 times and read the comic a couple of times as well. It's my absolute favourite movie.
I think payday 2 did have some references to Hardcore henry
Fun fact: the movie Nobody has the same director as Hardcore Henry and the same (writer I think) as John Wick, while also starring Saul Goodman.
I'd wanna see this at The LasVegas Sphere
Fuck. Yes.
That experience may fry all of my synapses, but it's a risk I'd be willing to take.
Hardcore Henry is probably my favorite film! thanks for covering it!
Hardcore Henry is one of my 3 favorite movies (having seen thousands), and it’s truly a masterpiece.
what are some others you consider to be your favorites?
Pov corn @@danyukhin
In other words, the CGI in of Hardcore Henry puts Marvels CGI to absolute shame..... I had no idea how much of this movie was CGI, what the hell
and it didn't cost 500 million lmao
To be fair, you're talking about VERY different types of films, there.
@@SynchronizorVideos yeah, Hardcore henry is called a good film, and marvel's are called bad. Very different indeed
"Nobody" by Naishuller is a great movie too. The Christopher Lloyd's appearance there was really just a cherry on top of all the fun idiotism that happened there. One should check this out too.
As for HH, I saw it at the première and get loads of fun. It might be trippy while watching at home though.
Both excellent movies
Love both of these films
Шнура убили и это хорошо
This movie is an underrated gem. You never hear anyone talk about it and it seems no one knows it. Has to be in my top 5 favorite films
I want to put into perspective (literally) how common the issue is when recording any video from a difficult angle or viewpoint. When recording in vr, the perspective you are recording from is your eyes, and because of this, the game that you are recording has to be from either one lens, otherwise you will have be forced to stitch both lens footages in post because recording only one eye is either too shaky or just too small of a pov. Only when doing this averages and stabilizes the camera and view of the footage (unless the game you’re playing has a built in fov slider).
Trippy, we just watched "Upgrade" tonight (m'lady, our girls, and myself) and while we were watching I thought to myself that it was sorta like Hardcore Henry but from a conventional film perspective, instead of a first-person perspective. Then this pops up!
Hardcore Henry, Upgrade, Radius, and Overlord are all very similar films in the way they're all amazing but super underrated.
Bro no one talks about Upgrade! Same with Michael Bay's Ambulance! fantastic hidden gems.
Is upgrade the film with the guy with the crazy cyborg heart? For the longest time I thought that movie and hardcore henry were the same lol.
@@qwertydavid8070I think you're thinking of Crank 2: High Voltage.
The first Crank is an action classic and definitely just like hardcore henry.
i adore this movie. i remember seeing the behind the scenes and i was shocked to see that the posters in that one guy's apartment was fake. it just goes to show how much actual vfx was used for the movie.
the minute sharlto copely had a musical number in the middle of the movie, i thought "wow...this movie really does have everything."
Hardcore Henry is beyond awesome, seeing it in a theater back in 2016 is still one of the most unique movie experiences I've ever had. Thank you for this essay!
This has to be one of my favourite action movies. It is absolutely up there with John Wick and The Raid. The team behind this is absolutely insane to have done it on so little budget as well. I wish this team got a bigger budget to make more of this.
I bet everyone who watched this movie was like "Wow this would be easy to film it's just one camera"
Also, Ilya Naishuller, the director, is the guy who's band used this FPS format for two of their music videos. Biting Elbows are very rad, and even made the first song for the credits, "For The Kill". That's Ilya's voice you're hearing there.
Always love to see this movie being talked about, it's criminally underrated.
Although this has little shelf life for me, I heartily reccomend it as a film to see before you die; incredible achievement---this is the sort of movie countless people dream of but don't think is possible. I was a kid when I fancied myself as a badass director who would make a film just like this, a POV movie that was like a first person shooter, and my mates would roll their eyes when I talked about it.
I still remember seeing their fan funding campaign back in highschool and their test videos, teasers. Man it was a blast seeing the project came into fruition
I have always always maintained that this film is an utter masterpiece of action, stuntwork, and CGI, and it's nice to see a long video with plenty of views explaining the points I've been telling people already. It's a complete miracle that this film was made on any budget, and an even bigger miracle that it was made on a budget as small as 2 million.
5:21 you got me so good 😂 😂 😂 😂 I watched the ad just cus it wasn't R lol
This movie was a celebration of VFX and Stunt people jobs. It is tragic that there was not enough marketing to take it to US mainstream
finally someone who talks about this masterpiece of a movie. I rewatched it many, many times and i'm still amazed how they did this. The budget, the story telling, the charcter development, even the smallest details. When i rewatched the movie for the 3rd time i noticed, in the scene on rooftop, when he is in the cabin, out of nowhere he turns around to kill one guy in the window and i never knew how He knew about him until i noticed a small mirror on bottom left corner of the screen.
One of my favourite movies, insane action, unique, and they are running around my house in Moscow :p. Motorcycle chase sequence and opening shootout sequence under the highway are really great. Also small interactions with cops are very realistic.
Hardcore Henry is one of my favourite action movies ever, it has that bit of flavour from the 70s and 80s of whimsical and over the top yet simple/plain plots that just allows you to enjoy them like a little kid without grinding your gears with deep and complex moralities and lessons.
I just hope the whole team involved were happy and satisfied with the end product because this is just the type of movie that can only happen once, lightning in a bottle, you need passion, talent, luck and that point of recklessness only people who value the results over the means can get sometimes, i.e. the scene where they run over the bridge with 0 safety measures under them.
I'd sure love to see some other good POV movies, but i doubt they'll ever happen unless the right people get together under the perfect circumstances for it again.
I really wish they would have made this in 3d. I was so excited to see this film I went on opening night. I remember it not being loved by critics but I had a blast although I’ve never seen it again. I’m really curious to rewatch this.
Well, I know what film I'm going to watch tonight. Thanks 👍.
when you started talking about chaos i realised how much more fun are shooter games when there is chaos, you sometimes dont even understand whats happening on your screen but you still having fun
absolutely loved this movie. I think it was great how they did the first person perspective. it's nice to know just *how* they did that.
Finally, someone talks about this movie, especially in the current day where most movies miss the point of the plot or perspective, i enjoy the GoPro shots and VFX such an underrated masterpiece
Сюжет в Хардкоре? Его там нет, герой буквально делает что ему говорят. Чуть ли не любая игра делает погружение игрока в игру лучше (кроме AAA-projects, которые хотят быть плохими фильмами).Фильм имитирует стрим об игре, а не игру, здесь нет gameplay. Для меня фильм переоценнен, я хочу услышать что делают другие фильмы лучше, что делают игры лучше чем фильмы.
@@GrantSaat "the hero literally does what he's told" Hardcore Henry isn't trying to be an open-world-RPG video game movie, it's an FPS movie. You play any Battlefield, Call of Duty, or Halo game, and that's what you do. Get told where to go and who to kill, and you do it in a spectacular fashion.
NGL The whole musical dance sequence with the Doctor dude is the best movie sequence of ALL TIME. It was absolutely magical to see the dude fall and another with the same exact face stand up and move from the otherside of the room, to get that so smoothly is almost impossible.
This is honestly one of my favourite films of the last decade! I had the great fortune of seeing in the cinema (unfortunately there was practically no one else there) and have loved it ever since. It’s so much fun, so over the top, so hilariously funny, and so entertaining from start to finish. I always recommend it to people when talking about great action movies and it really deserves more awareness and praise.
Sharlto Copley is fantastic in his various guises, and brings great humour, and personality to the film which is much needed when your protagonist is mute. I’ve watched and rewatched it so many times and can’t believe it’s only 9 years old, I feel like I’ve been telling people about it for so long.
Great video, really showed just how much effort went into making an honestly amazing film. I hope
You create a few more fans of the movie by people watching your vid then going and checking out the film!
I still remember coming across this movie for the first time and i was so enthralled by it that i watched it again like a week later. There is just no other movie that comes even close to this
I'm so glad someone is talking about this film ! I adore it !
Bit of constructive criticism: The text you put on-screen, from explanations to cast/crew quotes and even the chapter titles, are WAY too fast. The video in general seems rather fast-paced, and most moments don't have enough room to breathe.
you could always just pause the video...
@@Average_Internet_DMC_420 There are around 32 text plates in this video. How enjoyable do you think it is to pause a video with a 14-minute (sans ads) runtime thirty-two times?
@@Aaron3502 had to pause the video to count the text plates, but still valid point.
I think it's excellent speed for modern day tik tok brains, ok boomer
@@blaytzd.bermuda647 I don't need to pause in order to identify text on-screen
One of my friends I marched drum corps with was part of the camera and visual effects crew. Everyone he drummed with over the years were so stoked when this came out.
Finally I see someone giving love to a such an underrated movie. For me it was beyond awesome, didn't get the chance to watch it on cinema but watched on netflix a lot of times. I follow Illia's work and he's a mastermind in his craft. He worked on "Nobody" and it was a blast of a movie, directed a the weeknd music video "false alarm" true to his style of filming. Also has a rock band. An awesome guy. Back to the film it was absurdly gruesome, extremily fun and considering the visible low budget it was incredibly well done, not to mention showcased in cinemas around the world. 100/10
my dumbass cinema teacher just dimissed the movie when i talked to him about it, and he didnt like tarantino, fuck my old cinema teacher
Was it roger ebert lol?
These were wonderful times, Russian and Hollywood artists created this wonderful work. So sad because it was a period of only 30 years. This director also shoted "Nobody"(2021) and clip Serj Tankian - Elasticity (with russian atress Aleksandra Bortich). Peace everyone.😊
False alarm for Weekend, too
This is the same director for Nobody????? Holy shit that guy is cracked, he has such a good sense for making good action.
no way! i've been rewatching stuff about hardcore henry and this video comes out!
Wow time to rewatch it again. Thank you! I wish there was part 2 of this movie.
that was the most tongue-in-cheek sponsorship i have ever seen
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I hope you guys enjoyed watching this video as much as I enjoyed researching it! It was really interesting to see just how much the GoPro affected the VFX process - Especially all the stuff to do with the camera’s lens.
Overall I think this is just an absurdly underrated film, but what do you guys think?
You should probably pin this comment
I remember randomly going to see this with my best friend when it came out and was so impressed with how well they did
-from the face that inspired a generation
how to make cheaper movies? Step 1: Don't pay actors millions of dollars. Done.
That's because such films are barely watchable
From a technical and innovation standpoint, this is one of the best movies ever made.
I remember watching it with a permanent smile on my face.
Absolutely love this movie, it introduced me to Biting Elbows, and they're still on of my favorite Bands today. (I know the lead director/writer for the movie is the leader/singer for the band too, love this guy)
I watched Hardcore Henry when it first came out, and I have never had a movie experience like it since. As a big fan of roleplay and dungeons and dragons, I love immersing myself in the story and lore of what I watch. Hardcore Henry was the first movie to which I could truly lose myself in the process of watching thanks to it's first person POV. I'm so sad this movie doesn't get the love it deserves.
It’s in my top 3. It’s inspiring. The fact so many different people played Henry adds to that.
Very underrated movie nobody ever wants to give it a chance cuz of the shakiness which only lasts just until the Dmitri chase. Which is only 20 mins in.
I knew there was a reason why I loved this movie so much & we definitely need a part 2
This is honestly my favourite film of all time. It interesting to see how hard it was to make and how much work and talent went into it
I saw this movie on CZcams back when copyright wasn't as strict. And boy did I enjoy it. I literally had goosebumps during every action sequences
Great video! You covered a lot of the issues and awesomeness!
One comment- the text you put up for quotes from the director/vfx/stunts etc. were very fast. If you're going to use them to support your narrative give them an extra few seconds on screen so we can read them and not have to keep pausing.
It's really something special. It's a shame nobody has hardly heard of it.
Glad to see more people talking about this, one of my favorite movies.
Thank you for finally appreciating this movie, I’ve been a fan of this for a long time, hope more people find it
I watched this once when it first came out and can't remember anything from it, I only remember that I loved it, when I eventually rewatch it, I'll come back to this video👍
It was a wild movie. I assumed it was GoPro footage but didn't look like it. Now I know why. Great vid. Keep up the good work.
Saw this in theaters one weekend, it was out of theaters next weekend. Then I bought it online and have seen it at least half a dozen times since. It's so unique and super fun and Sharlto Copley makes anything he's in an absolute blast
The scene in the concrete, run down building where there's a shootout wiht an AK and a grenade (haven't watched since it came out) that entire scene gave me deja vu from some old YT channel from around 2010+-. I swear I've seen it before, shot by shot, long before the movie came out
Love whoever edited this together, they used Killzone and Resistance gameplay.
I saw this in theaters and it was the first and only time a movie gave me motion sickness... it was incredible
Thank you for letting them get propper recognition, My brother showed it to me, it was incredible.
Hardcore Henry needs to be on every gamers bucket list. It really nails the first person film aesthetic.
I love seeing Hardcore Henry still getting love. I remember when it came out and I got to say it is still one of my favourite movies
Unironically Hardcore Henry is one of my favorite movies of all time. It has its flaws but when you are on its crazy rollercoaster you just enjoy its crazy ride and every second is just fun insanity. Finding out how much blood, sweat and tears went into it only makes me love it more.
as i saw it for the first time i watched it again the very same day, its really something special. My most favorite movie of all time, and i dont think that will change any time soon.
i need more hardcore henry
also fun fact it’s the same director as nobody 2021
i think idk
HARDCORE HENRY MENTIONED🗣️🔊🔊
This movie is freaking awesome… They should defo do another.
YES DUDE!! Hardcore Henry appreciation video!!
I saw this on cinema when it first came out. I was so impressed that I convinced all my friends and collegues to make a watch party so everyone could experience true filmmaking
I remember watching parkour videos and seeing random leaks of this movie and being appalled bc how cool it looked when i was younger
Amazing film
My best friend and I would quote "Big Sally!" a lot when seeing large guns in games.
This is always going to be one of my favourite movies, It just makes you want to go do some chaotic shit. It's just a fun movie, and that's all I want.
This has always been one of, if not, my favorite movies of all time and im glad its getting the recognition I believe it deserves.
I learned so much and I need to watch this movie! :)
im delighted to report that the woman at 12:08 was not, in fact, a stuntwoman, but just a random extra who did in fact just happen to get knocked down during the take. the cameraman's reaction was entirely genuine. luckily she was a-okay, apparently popped right back up afterwards like "did you get the shot?" haha
I saw this movie in college with a few of my friends, it was basically just us in the theater so we went full MST3K with it and enjoyed the hell out of it. Even now, it's still one of my favorite movies.
Now I want to see this movie! awesome video!
I saw this in theaters like 4 times and i got one of the collector card tickets with the cool poster image… that shit is framed I love it so much
Hardcore Henry is one of my top 5. Nobody was great too, but Henry was next level and unique.
Damn, first video I've seen of yours. Very engaging and fun to watch! I'll have to go back and watch this movie again. Cheers.