Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

PimpinAinttEasy Two teenaged prostitutes meet and fall in love at a Greek brothel. Theirs is a jealous relationship because both of them have parallel affairs with two male prostitutes working at the same brothel. The younger prostitute Nandia (Danae Skidai) is ambitious and hatches a murderous plot that would catapult her and her lesbian lover Martha (Katerina Tsavalou) to money and fame. But Martha is a nice person and soon becomes tired of Nandia's machinations. She longs for a normal life and develops a soft corner for the fat accountant who loves Nandia. Around 30 minutes into Hardcore, I couldn't help but draw parallels between the film and Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World (2001). The film's protagonists - two prostitutes who work in a Greek brothel, literally occupy a ghost world of paid sex, cruel pimps and drug pushers. There is even a scene where the two of them dance rhythmically standing side by side at a boring corporate party, like Enid and Rebecca in Ghost World's farewell party.It is a terrific film shot mostly indoors in dark, dinghy and soulless rooms where soulless people indulge in soulless sex. The performances by the two leads are terrific. I strongly recommend this little known Greek film which does have graphic scenes of sex and violence.

punishmentpark 'Hardcore' is rarely straightforward about its protagonists, Martha and Nadia. They are two young hookers and they like what they do - to an extent. Especially Nadia is bent on finding a better and easier life for herself, while trying to string Martha along. The two girls are part of a prostitution company, which labels its customers with a range of coloured post-its; purple means the biggest pay.The film is at times dreamy and weirdly upbeat about the prostitutes' lives (with a cynical undertone that does not work as well as it may have been intended), a little too much perhaps, but for a long time it works pretty well. Unfortunately, near the end things get too repetitive and boring, not helped by a rather bland and unsurprising soundtrack. The acting is reasonable enough, but on the whole, it all really lacks the impact it pretends to have.5 out of 10.

EVOL666 HARDCORE is a very decent film about the lives of two young girls caught up in prostitution and drugs. Whoever likens this to a Tarantino film obviously didn't see the same film I did. HARDCORE is more comparable to something like KIDS than any of Tarantino's films. Good story-line and very strong performances make this one add up to a very good film overall...Nadia and Martha are two young Greek hookers who begin a strange and tumultuous lesbian relationship. Quickly working their way up the "ranks" - the girls are offered better and higher-paying tricks based on their past "performance". Nadia is a level-headed and ambitious young girl, while Martha is more needy and reliant on Nadia's guidance. When the two girls beat a potential murder-rap after the killing of their pimp - Nadia falls into a modeling career and becomes successful very quickly. Although Nadia takes care of Martha and allows her to live with her - Martha becomes more needy as she see's Nadia use and being used by shady agents and magazine publishers. This all ends in a strong climax, where Martha realizes that she will never be truly happy while living in Nadia's shadow...HARDCORE is an all-around strong film that deals with subject matter and content that may bother some. The girls are 16 and 17 respectively when they begin their prostitution career, and the audience is shown some strong scenes of their sexual liaisons with clients and others. Fans of films like KIDS, and BULLY (and numerous other late-teen angst films) will definitely be into this one. The performances by the two female leads are dead-on, and the way the story-line progresses is interesting and original. Definitely worth a look...8.5/10

William Hunt Saw this movie at the int. film-festival of Gent. First of all : this movie is not for people who are easily chocked.Through the eyes of two young prostitutes named Nadia & Martha (who start a lesbian relationship) we are sucked into a dark world of sex, drugs and violence... but not without content ! The film is about jealousy, the need for a home and family (especially in Martha's case) but above all how hard it is to get out this kind of underground scene. During their relationship Nadia turns out more and more ambitious and manipulative what finally lead to manipulation and even murder. The story started rather slow but the ended very strong.The movie is best described as an urban fairytale of love and betrayal.