Hard Core Logo

Hard Core Logo (2000)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (6,627 ratings)

Bruce McDonald directed this mock-documentary (and appears onscreen as himself) which looks at a veteran punk rock band taking one final stab at the big time. Singer Joe Dick (Hugh Dillon), guitarist Billy Tallent (Callum Keith Rennie), bassist John Oxenberger (John Pyper-Fergson), and drummer… More

R, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By
Bruce McDonald
Genres
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 13, 1998 Wide
On DVD
Jun 12, 2001
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

    Like the best "mockumentaries", this often feels like the real thing - unlike the obvious parody that was SPINAL TAP.

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    Quentin, what are you smoking?

  • Maitland McDonagh, Film Journal International

    Anyone who goes in expecting unbridled dopey fun will be disappointed.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Daniel P


    It's big, loud and dirty, and like Hero, it's one of those foreign films Quentin Tarantino liked enough to distribute himself. Hard Core Logo tells the story in "mockumentary" fashion, but it's by no means a comedy like its forebear This is Spinal Tap. Bruce… More

  • MJS M


    The advertising for Hard Core Logo bills it as ?edgier and darker than Spinal Tap,? and while I wouldn?t call this overly edgy it was wise of the film to own up to its obvious debt to Rob Reiner?s This is Spinal Tap. Comparison?s to that film are inevitable given that both projects… More

  • Christopher B


    Not as big a fan of this one as most people seem to be. In fact, I didn't really care at all about what I was watching and if it wasn't for the shock ending it wouldn't be very memorable at all.

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