![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's also a sadistic, nihilistic over the top collection of video game levels. If you're in to videogames or appreciate something different, then Hardcore Henry is a revelatory, avant-garde, art-house action flick with its tongue in its cheek and its balls to the wall. There's admiration to be found in the lack of exposition in the 8-bit paper-thin plot and the gaudy, gonzo characters of a suitable Sharlto Copley. It has superbly apt, moody music and good directional sound, it's not nearly as cheap as the marketing led me to believe even though it's clearly on a shoestring, its inventiveness and good blend of stunt performers and FX create a non-nauseous, toe-curling adrenaline rush. The sometimes low-res, often choppy POV is ballsy and cleverly conceived, gags and smart editing is commendable, the director's well-honed eye providing a true cinematic breath of fresh air. It's closer to a videogame in streamlined story and brutal, flinch-inducing violence. And that should worry all of us.Įlvia Díaz is an editorial columnist for The Republic and azcentral. Reach her at 60 or Follow her on Twitter, to get more opinions content.When is a movie not a movie? How do you rate a movie like this anyway? Hardcore Henry completely reinvents cinematic language. Cheney is right “that what begins with words ends in far worse.”īut, again, why is she the only Republican linking the Buffalo shooting rampage to white supremacy? Why is she the only one calling out fellow Republicans? No doubt the sentiment that foreigners or nonwhite people are taking over America now runs deep in the America’s psyche. “Their policies are so bad and so unpopular that this is the only way they think they can shore up political power in the future.” We know why Cheney's alone “This is an electoral strategy for Democrats,” Blake said. Just on Saturday, Masters shared a TV clip on social media saying that Democrats are deliberately letting people cross the border to eventually legalize them so they will vote Democrat. Take, for instance, Blake Masters, who’s seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Then there is the “border invasion” drumbeat of Republican candidates in Arizona, Texas and several other states that's billed a political strategy to recruit Democratic voters. Hopefully, the inquiry leads to something concrete, but don’t bet on it since the Senate was also quick to vote against expulsion.Īnother view: Wendy Rogers keeps Arizona in the news. On Monday, the Senate voted to start an ethics inquiry after she tweeted “Fed boy summer has started in Buffalo,” apparently suggesting the shooting was staged by the federal government. Not because Democrats are saints but because Republicans are sidetracking responsibility as enablers of “white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism,” as Cheney put it. Yet, Republicans are deflecting that responsibility and instead lashing out at Democrats whom they say are using the Buffalo massacre to score political points. The shooter himself reportedly left a trail of evidence about his transformation from a bored kid during the pandemic into a hardcore soldier of the “Great Replacement Theory” – the idea that nonwhite people will replace white Americans. There are no buts or excuses for the indiscriminate killing of innocent people just because of the color of their skin. “Voices of hate inspire acts of horror honor streams from the better angels of our nature.” “Good and evil in stark relief,” Romney said on Twitter. Instead, he resorted to double talk of heroism displayed by a security guard killed in the rampage while trying to stop the shooter. Mitt Romney of Utah, had the guts to denounce the shooting for what it is. Not even the other mostly sensible Republican, Sen. Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was summarily kicked out of House leadership for her audacity to speak up. ![]()
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