'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.
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.