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Movie Info

A quiet man with a violent past has his life changed when an immigrant girl who is on the run from gang violence in South Los Angeles stumbles into his life.

Rating:

R (Strong Bloody Violence|Pervasive Language|Some Drug Use|Sexual References)
Genre:

mystery and thriller, drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Will Forbes
Producer:

Maurice Fadida, Eric B. Fleischman, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Writer:

Will Forbes
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 24, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 24, 2020
Runtime:

1h 31m
Production Co:

Defiant Studios, Kodiak Pictures, Automatik

Cast & Crew

Terry Crews
John Henry

Ludacris
Hell

Maestro Harrell
Young Hell

Kimberly Hebert Gregory
Tasha

Baadja-Lyne Odums
Gram

Ken Foree
BJ Henry

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Critic Reviews for John Henry

All Critics (20) | Top Critics (5) | Rotten (20)

It never quite reaches its ambitious heights. It wants to be something, but it's kinda just a cheesy B-genre movie.

January 25, 2020 | Full Review…

Christy Lemire
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
"John Henry" is a lead-footed revenge thriller that lands with all the subtlety of the mighty steel-driving man's sledgehammer.

January 24, 2020 | Full Review…

Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
A thug-life thriller so frequently preposterous that it almost resembles a parody.

January 23, 2020 | Full Review…

Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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...

January 23, 2020 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
Flashes of craft can't make up for the director's easy default to gore over story.

January 23, 2020 | Full Review…

Lisa Kennedy
Variety
Before anyone thinks that the crime drama John Henry has anything to do with the story of the African American folk hero John Henry, the first 15 minutes of this laughably horrible film will make it clear that the name is just a gimmick.

July 13, 2020 | Full Review…

Carla Hay
Culture Mix
The whole movie made no sense, the acting was terrible and it was all over the place...

June 15, 2020 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Justin Brown
Medium Popcorn
A waste; a terrible movie that isn't even "good-bad," not entertaining. And I had a surprisingly tough time following along...

June 15, 2020 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Brandon Collins
Medium Popcorn
A loud, aimless 97-minute exercise in futility with the subtlety of a sledge hammer against the head.

May 16, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/10 | Full Review…

Jeffrey Lyles
Lyles' Movie Files
Not even the burly sledge-hammer wielding Terry Crews can save this utter disappointment of a film.

February 11, 2020 | Full Review…

Hasitha Fernando
Flickering Myth
Recycled genre concepts are tossed together with sledgehammer subtlety in this revenge thriller.

February 1, 2020 | Full Review…

Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue
For a film named after an iconic folk hero, John Henry is both uninspired and uninspiring, a mixed bag and missed opportunity that's as confounding as it is infuriating.

January 31, 2020 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Dominic Griffin
Spectrum Culture