Listen up, Grue-believers, you are in a movie – a gory, action-filled, over-the-top grue-fest. Did you know that? Ha! The film is called HARDCORE and it is gaining tons of buzz at TIFF this year. The film takes found footage to a new level, playing out like a violent POV video game. The Sci-Fi film boasts itself being “the world’s first POV action film.” And, from the trailer, it looks like it succeeds. It looks extraordinary.
The effect places the audience into the role of Henry, a cyborg thrown into a action-packed mystery. The film has Henry facing off against Akan (Danila Kozlovsky) an insane, villainous psycho with telekinetic powers. With only Jimmy (Sharlto Copley) at his side, Henry must fight his way through Akan’s army of mercenaries to save his wife and “creator” Estelle (Haley Bennet). And, by Henry, the film means “YOU!” Hardcore is from writer/director Ilya Naishuller and is produced by Timur Bekmambetov. Check it out!
Doc a lifelong fan of horror films, sci-fi flicks and monster movies first discovering Universal Monsters and Planet of the Apes as a young child in the 1970's searching out every issue of Famous Monster of Filmland (and, later, Fangoria). Favorite films include Jaws, The Car, The Birds, The Tingler, Vampire Circus and The Exorcist. Still a huge fan of horror films from the 70s, Doc continues consuming horror films to this day for the site, for the podcasts and for the fun of it all.
