Hard Core Logo 2
{{short description|2010 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Hard Core Logo 2
| image =
| caption =
| director = Bruce McDonald
| producer = Holly Baird
Rob Merilees
| writer = Dave Griffith
Bruce McDonald
| starring = Adrien Dorval
| narrator = Bruce McDonald
| cinematography = John Price
| editing =
| studio = Foundation Features
| distributor = Alliance Films
| released = {{Film date|2010|12|4}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = English
}}
Hard Core Logo 2 is a 2010 Canadian drama film written and directed by Bruce McDonald.{{cite book |title=International Film Guide 2012 |first=Ian Hayden |last=Smith |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1908215017 |page= 83}}{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/02/poster-premiere-for-bruce-mcdonalds-hard-core-logo-2.php |title=Poster Premiere For Bruce McDonald's Hard Core Logo 2 |accessdate=April 10, 2012 |work=twitchfilm}} It is a sequel to McDonald's 1996 film, Hard Core Logo. Hard Core Logo 2 assumes the same filmmaking style as McDonald’s latter-mentioned cult classic Hard Core Logo. It is a faux-documentary that follows Bruce the filmmaker (Bruce McDonald) as he investigates a claim made by Care Failure of the band Die Mannequin.Postmedia News. (April 13, 2012) Review: Hard Core Logo 2 is Mock 'n' Rolling. https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/review-hard-core-logo-2-is-mock-n-rolling She claims to be possessed by the spirit of rock star Joe Dick (Hugh Dillon), a principal character in the original movie, who was shown to commit suicide near the close of the film.Johnson, Brian. (September 6, 2011) Hard Core Logo 2. http://www.macleans.ca/culture/movies/hard-core-logo-2/ This sequel follows tensions between the principal characters, and the progression of Bruce the filmmaker's investigation into Care Failure’s channeling of the deceased rocker's spirit.
Cast
- Adrien Dorval as Rufus Mellon
- Care Failure as herself
- Dazzer Scott as himself
- Stacy Stray as himself
- Shannon Jardine as Liz Moore
- Sera-Lys McArthur as Jules
- Bruce McDonald as Bruce the Filmmaker
- Peter Moore as Simon Less
- Julian Richings as Bucky Haight
- Jodi Sadowsky as Nurse Lilly
- Paul Shull as Mr. Butterscotch
Release
Hard Core Logo 2 was released for the first time on December 4, 2010 at the tenth annual Whistler Film Festival in Vancouver. It was the first movie by an already significant Canadian director (McDonald) to have its world premier at the Whistler event.{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Brian|title=Bruce McDonald rocks Whistler's 10th Anniversary|url=http://www.macleans.ca/uncategorized/bruce-mcdonald-rocks-whistlers-10th-anniversary/|website=Macleans}} The category of competition this mockumentary sequel entered in was the Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature Film.{{cite web|title=Hard Core Logo 2 set for world premiere|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/hard-core-logo-2-set-for-world-premiere-1.963616|website=CBC News|publisher=CBC}} It was judged alongside five other Canadian films in this category, losing to The Whistleblower by Toronto's Larysa Kondracki.{{cite web|title=WFF Winners|url=https://whistlerfilmfestival.com/festival/wff-winners/|website=Whistler Film Festival|access-date=April 2, 2018|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213001943/https://whistlerfilmfestival.com/festival/wff-winners/|url-status=dead}}
Reception
Expectations were set high for Bruce McDonald when he released the second instalment of Hard Core Logo. This caused the film to receive mixed reviews, from those who compared it to the original. Following its release in 2010, it received some positive reviews, such as that of Katherine Monk, from Postmedia News. She writes that it is a film about "artistic inspiration, maintaining a pure creative heart and connecting with others through honest expression".{{cite web|last1=Monk|first1=Katherine|title=A Canadian cult classic, revisited; Bruce McDonald's Hard Core Logo is dreamlike, poetic - and dull|website=Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database|publisher=Postmedia News}} Hard Core Logo 2 also garnered many negative reviews, such as that of Mathew Kumar, a critic for Exclaim. He writes that this film is a documentary of all the boring parts of music-making, unlike the first film, and then he says that it is a pathetic attempt at shocking the audience.{{cite web|last1=Kumar|first1=Mathew|title=Hard Core Logo 2 Bruce McDonald|url=http://exclaim.ca/film/article/hard_core_logo_2-directed_by_bruce_mcdonald_2|website=Exclaim}} The Globe and Mail later referred to the feature as giving the audience "no sense of urgency, desire, or necessity" to continue watching.{{cite news|last1=Lacey|first1=Liam|title=Hard Core Logo 2: More flimsy than hard|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/hard-core-logo-2-more-flimsy-than-hard/article4100023/|website=The Globe and Mail|date=April 13, 2012}} The film received a 37 percent score on the film rating site Rotten Tomatoes.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1625562|Hard Core Logo 2}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|m/hard_core_logo_2}}
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Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films directed by Bruce McDonald
Category:Canadian mockumentary films