"Chronicle" meets "Shoot 'Em Up".
Like John Wick, I knew I was going to see this movie when they had a Payday 2 tie-in. But truth be told I was already clued onto it before hand, and it had my interest piqued, because it looked like something new. Which we don't get a whole lot of these days.
I went in to Hardcore Henry pretty blind, because the trailers give yo very little information. And that was a good way to watch it. All you need to know going forward is that it's bloody, and it's entirely shot from the first person perspective. If those are both things you can handle, then I can't recommend Hardcore Henry strongly enough.
I can understand how these things would turn some people off, and I'm not going to sit here and tell you Hardcore Henry should take home the Oscar for Best Picture, but as en exercise in catharsis it is brilliant, and as a self-aware black comedy, it's even better. There were genuinely more times in this movie that I was out-loud laughing then any other movie I've watched this year. Likewise for the person who saw it with me.
Not for the faint of heart, but definitely worth it for someone with similar sensibilities to me.
Final rating:★★★½ - I strongly recommend you make the time.