Hardcore Henry

Hardcore Henry (2015)

Timing: 1:36 (96 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2015-09-12

Country

China, Russia, United States

Production

STX Films, Bazelevs Production, Huayi Brothers Pictures, Versus Pictures

Genre

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Budget

$2 000 000

Revenue

$16 810 562

Website

http://stxmovies.com/hardcorehenry/

Director

Ilya Naishuller

Actors

Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, Tim Roth, Andrey Dementyev, Svetlana Ustinova, Darya Charusha, Oleg Poddubnyy, Jack Hahn, Cyrus Arnold
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Scenario

Producer

Timur Bekmambetov, Ilya Naishuller, Ekaterina Kononenko, Inga Vainshtein Smith, Oren Aviv, Robert Simonds, Will Stewart, Wang Zhonglei, Sharlto Copley, Wang Zhongjun

Operator

Fedor Lyass

Composer

Darya Charusha

Artist

Audition

John McAlary, Crystal Lujan, Ella Skovorodina

Editing

Steve Mirkovich, Vladislav Kaptur
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• According to Ilya Naishuller, Timur Bekmambetov's offer to collaborate came to him through a social network.
• The film takes place over the course of one day.
• In the scenes where Danila Kozlovsky and Charlto Copley brought their faces close to Henry's, Valyaev and Dementiev, on Copley's advice, wore black glasses to avoid distracting the actors with involuntary facial expressions.
• A camera stabilization technology for GoPro – Adventure Mask – was specifically developed for the film.
• Similar to the films "John Wick" and "Point Break", an advertising campaign for the film was conducted in the computer game Payday 2, consisting of two themed heists and Jimmy as a playable character. As a reference to this, Jimmy’s mask from the game can be seen in the film (in the dresser from which Henry takes guns in the strip club), as well as a poster for the game (in the rastaman's apartment, where Henry ends up).
• In most cases, the punches to the face received by Henry's opponents were real, as they were filmed from very close range. During the fight scene between Henry and Sly Dmitry, Valyaev couldn't simulate hitting Dementiev's face, so the latter asked to be hit for real. Danila Kozlovsky similarly endured real punches in several scenes of the film.
• Henry first gets on trolleybus #37, and a minute later jumps out of Ikarus bus #117, completely on fire.
• Similar to the films 'John Wick' and 'Point Break,' the film was promoted through an advertising campaign in the Payday 2 video game, consisting of two themed heists and Jimmy as a playable character. As a reference to this, the film features Jimmy's mask from the game (in the dresser where Henry takes the pistols in the strip club), as well as a poster for the game (in the rastaman's apartment, where Henry ends up).
• Henry first gets on trolleybus number 37, then jumps out of Ikarus bus number 117 a minute later, completely on fire.