FIRST THEY MADE HIM DANGEROUS. THEN THEY MADE HIM MAD.Ā
Henry is awakened only to learn that heās being turned into a cyborg soldier; after escaping an attack together with his wife (Haley Bennett), heās on the run in Moscowā¦ Every shot in this actioner is seen from Henryās perspective, essentially making the whole movie a first-person shooter game. Filmed with GoPro cameras, some of the chases and fights are eye-poppingly stagedā¦ but the script is completely uninvolving and the action turns claustrophobic after a while. Sharlto Copley has fun with a playful character.
2016-Russia-U.S. 96 min. Color. Written and directed byĀ Ilya Naishuller. Cast: Sharlto Copley (Jimmy), Danila Kozlovsky (Akan), Haley Bennett (Estelle), Tim Roth.
Trivia: Alternative title: Hardcore. Co-produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Inspired by videos that Naishuller shot for his band Biting Elbows.