R-rated masterpiece from the fighting nation-a talk on the new North American film "Hardcore Henry"

Reagan 2021-12-20 08:01:05

The Fighting Nation has taken action Hardcore Henry is here! This first-person perspective, 90-minute action-adventure movie produced by Fighting Nation, which opened in North America on April 8th, can be described as a work created only by the game generation. The film’s inspiration came from the original music video of a Russian director. After its popularity, he found an investor and derived it into a 90-minute action movie. He also invited Schalto Copley and Tim Rose to help out. , It is said that this is the first in history, the whole movie uses the first-person perspective of the action blockbuster. The whole movie is full of: Tututu, Tututu... During the shooting process, the production team has been solving various shooting problems. This 90-minute movie took about 120 days to shoot. The action actor either wears a GoPro-equipped device on his head, or bites the GoPro in his mouth, doing all kinds of adventurous actions, which is really hard. GoPro, I bite! It is not the first time to see Huayi Brothers investing in this movie. Xiao Xuan'er saw the big logo of Huayi Brothers appearing in the opening film before the independent film of North American theaters. In addition to the Canadian production company VVS Films, the film also sees the joint release of STX Entertainment in the United States and the logo of Huayi. All of this originated in early 2015, when Huayi American Projects announced that it had reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Robert Simon’s new TV and film studio: STX Entertainment. With a total investment of 50 million U.S. dollars, it is expected that by the end of 2017, that is, within the next two years, the two parties will jointly invest, shoot, and publish no less than 18 films. I have to say that the company's taste in film selection is very good, mainly thrillers, niche eyeball series. In 2015, Joel Edgerton wrote and directed "Gift", the 2016 thriller "Puppet Contract", this "Hardcore War" is also one of them. Xiao Xuan'er saw that "Puppet Contract" was released in mainland China on April 1. I believe that STX and Huayi will continue to be seen in more niche movies in the future. "Hardcore Wars" also won the People's Choice Award at the Midnight Crazy Screening Unit of the 2015 Toronto Film Festival, and is very popular among young people. It's just that this R-rated film, like "Deadpool", is difficult to be released in China. First-person perspective lens First of all, what does the so-called first-person perspective mean? The first-person pronoun from the audience's perspective means: "Henry" is "you"! In other words, the audience is the actor, and the actor is the audience. And, the male protagonist will have no face from beginning to end! Because as an audience, what we see on the screen is only Henry's two hands and his feet that occasionally fall or fall to the ground! The audience sees the world from the perspective of the male protagonist, wakes up in a coma, and is rescued by a sexy female doctor, transformed into a high-tech prosthetic body, which looks like "Ghost in the Shell", but not 100% The mechanical body, only the hands and feet are changed, and the body also needs to be recharged. It sounds a bit weak, but the fighting ability is still one of the best. Secondly, this Henry also has no dialogue. From the beginning, he did not come and install a language system. 90% of the films in the film are action scenes. When communication is required, such as talking to his girlfriend and greeting his companions, he only uses nodding and gestures to express himself. What are you thinking, in terms of perception, it's pretty cool! However, his opponent actor has something to say. This film is really his taste for this film, who became famous for his role in the "prawn" in "The Ninth District". However, "The Tenth District" is far away, and it is also a good choice for him to start experimenting with other works. In this "Hardcore War", he said that his performances are all done to the camera, either a camera lens or a GoPro lens. In this movie, you will see Charto Copley's crazy acting as always. After that, it intensified and began to play multiple roles by one person. It burst the audience. It was a visual role who fought side by side with Henry in the film. Then, let’s talk about Henry’s first-person perspective action scenes. The initial physical function presets are like taking the audience to make a summary of the previous situation, paving the way for Henry’s life experience and current situation, and the subsequent girlfriend being "Aken" by the villain. He captured him, and kept sending troops to hunt him down, in an attempt to seize the technical data from him, and use it to create a larger army of prosthetics. Therefore, in the remaining 80 minutes of the film, Henry traveled through Moscow to rescue his girlfriend, from the ground to the underground, from the street to the bar, from the city to the outskirts, and his fighting ability was gradually upgraded, from street fighting to car chasing to aircraft cannon. , Henry's abilities in singles and group battles are simply against the sky. The film shows more applications of different weapons. The first-person perspective allows the audience to experience precise headshots, real-life CS-like battles, the grenade throws a perfect parabola, not to mention the excitement of those climbing high and falling weightlessly. . And the bloody level of the film is also in the R-level, non-human level, because many of Henry's opponents are also cyborgs, he often needs to open the enemy's stomach, find the heart and eat it, kidding, after finding the heart, unplug the battery . And he himself often needs to recharge or replace the battery, so he either tears others or tears himself. The plot is as violently changed as the scene (the following content involves spoilers) The hormonal violent fight alone must not last for 90 minutes. The film must have a plot and story, so the opening becomes Science fiction, love and crime. The reason why the villain has been unable to attack repeatedly is because he also has a "special function"-fetching things from the air. This blond boy named "Aken" is simply the Russian version of "Magneto King". He is drunk at the rhythm of flying away when he reaches out his hand. Any close attack will not work, and always use the favorite tricks of the "bad guys" to bully the "woman" of the hero. The plot was not satisfied, but Henry chased the villain and quickly added a partner to him. After all, Henry needed to recharge. So Salto Copley, Jimmy played by "Shato" for short, appeared. At first I didn't think there was anything wrong, but I soon discovered that this Jimmy would always appear suddenly in an inexplicable place, and the place where he was injured before seemed to be okay. While helping Henry understand the current situation, he healed and recharged. It also produced a lot of comic effects, such as handing Henry a pair of pliers (used to smash the battery behind the bad guy's heart), a mobile phone (GPS positioning bad guy), and a mission (killing anyone who can't kill anyone) Villain). In this way, Henry stepped on the road to fight monsters with a map and a pair of pliers. The male protagonist is actually quite handsome, but he didn't have a chance to show his face. After several wars, Henry came to Jimmy's base and discovered that Jimmy was once a scientific researcher under the villain. After the failure, he became disabled and was abandoned. Jimmy put his consciousness in a different body to carry out his revenge plan, and his body is just a disabled person who is paralyzed in a wheelchair and wears a helmet. After the two had a dispute, facing a common enemy, they united the front and determined to eliminate the villain leader together, so the final "carnival" of the film began. After fighting at the base, he returned to the enemy's headquarters building and went shopping with more robots that were the same as himself. Henry discovered at this time that he was not a soldier rescued by his girlfriend, but a killing machine produced by this evil factory. Beautiful women can deceive Henry's rhythm of beating bad guys, but he is not enough for men because he is caught in the hands of bad guys because of his weakness. But what if this only bondage is fake? For example, everyone who wakes up from a dead state will be implanted with the same memory? A girlfriend's bondage made them obedient, and Henry became angry. The final fight turned into a runaway mode. After the villain fell from the horse, Henry boarded the plane to upgrade, facing this deceived "girlfriend", kicking off in minutes. And this pretty chick also said the last thing to say: "Listen to your heart!" So Henry closed the cabin door, and of course the "girlfriend" was outside. Xiao Xuan'er clearly heard that the boys in the last row of the cinema were smiling evilly. This film has a production cycle of only 120 days. It really breaks the traditional film shooting method every minute. There is no precedent for the switching and angle of the lens. It is full of dizziness, if not for a break in the middle After a few minutes, vomiting in the cinema is also possible. Director: Ilya Nesula said that during the 120 days of filming, he fell in love with the role of director. I believe that the production company is also holding the space for young people to try freely, and took the risk to make this film. The film is still 7. The score of 1 is the highest in IMDb, and the audience has a good reputation, but the professional Metascore commented only 51 points. The film's egg, the queen actor in Quentin's movie: Tim Rose, appeared for a few minutes at the end, playing the "father" in the protagonist's memories. "Father's words, let me fight." Henry finally defeated the villain and the female snake spirit, and was also drunk. At midnight, friends who want to have fun, miss this movie, let us wait for the resources together. April 18, 2016 Toronto Xiao Xuan Er Ji————————————

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  • Gaetano 2022-04-23 07:02:29

    #Subjective Shot# Just ask, are you dizzy?

  • Jess 2022-04-23 07:02:29

    If you don't get dizzy with this shooting method, this film is a breakthrough and innovation, and the performance of FPS games is realistic.

Hardcore Henry quotes

  • Akan: Each year one hundred thousand baseball bats are sold in Russia, and at most 50 baseballs. Gives an idea for great Russian pastime.

  • Henry's Father: You... little... pussy.