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  • 2020
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2020
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Ex-gang member, John Henry (Terry Crews), traded violence for a quieter life taking care of his aging father (Ken Foree) in South Los Angeles. Henry meets two immigrant children running from his former gang leader (Chris “Ludacris" Bridges) and has to decide whether to revisit his troubled past to help give the two children a better futu...

Directed By: Will Forbes

Written By: Douglas Skinner, Will Forbes

  • 2020
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2020
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 31 m

John Henry

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
27
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 User Ratings
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Summary Ex-gang member, John Henry (Terry Crews), traded violence for a quieter life taking care of his aging father (Ken Foree) in South Los Angeles. Henry meets two immigrant children running from his former gang leader (Chris “Ludacris" Bridges) and has to decide whether to revisit his troubled past to help give the two children a better futu...

Directed By: Will Forbes

Written By: Douglas Skinner, Will Forbes

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
27
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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40% Mixed
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60% Negative
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50
Jan 22, 2020
Flashes of craft can’t make up for the director’s easy default to gore over story. Forbes and his co-writer knew how they wanted to depict Hell’s sadism but never nailed how to embrace the hero with the hammer.
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Jan 23, 2020
Clearly qualified in the physique department, Crews is an actor with enough charisma and range to carry either gritty genre adventures or more cartoony showdowns; but Forbes' tonal uncertainty and a stiff script leave him stranded here, in a world that lacks the gravity to put his conscience-driven reticence in context.
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 User Ratings
2.9
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 User Ratings
2.9
18% Positive
2 Ratings
9% Mixed
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73% Negative
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ConnorOuellette
Jul 9, 2020
This movie wasn’t that good, the only reason I finished it is because I’m a fan of Terry Crews.
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Whitebuffalo
May 10, 2020
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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38
Jan 20, 2020
Once the picture finally gets around to what it’s supposed to be doing, it almost turns exciting and visceral, and it kind of makes sense. Nothing shows viscera and blood to better advantage than white on white clothing and decor — spattered and arterial sprayed. All a bit too little entirely too late, here.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 23, 2020
This first feature from Will Forbes is a big slice of ham.
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20
Jan 23, 2020
John Henry is a lead-footed revenge thriller that lands with all the subtlety of the mighty steel-driving man’s sledgehammer.
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Weastside94
Jan 26, 2020
Just wasted 8 bucks renting this movie. It was terrible. The story line made no sense. The entire movie contains of talking. Theres minimal action. Lots of unanswered questions. Not much back story to explain things. The story jumps around everywhere. It's pretty weird and nothing made sense. I would not waste my money on watching this movie.
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Brandonw810
May 12, 2020
This was just horrible!! Can't believe they did Terry like this. How the hell is the trailer better than ANY part of the movie? The only person with decent acting was the Dad, Ludacris was barley in the film, when he was, he didn't do enough 'scary' things to Antagonize the film, directors fault.. I hated the intro song's chorus,, they killed off everyone too quickly, talked way too much, Terry never beat up anyone, the film did a lot of senseless jumping around.... Definitely the worst film that made top 10 on Netflix... I'm sure there's worst films, only I didn't see them. I hope Ludacris and Terry got paid for this film.... ly
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Somedude89
May 11, 2020
This movie was awful. I feel bad for Terry, this is a flop, he deserved a better film to lead in.
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Production Company Defiant Studios, Automatik Entertainment, Kodiak Pictures
Release Date Jan 24, 2020
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating R
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