A young hockey player deals with the consequences of hockey violence after he critically injures another player during a game.
22 January 1956, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 January 1969, Paisley, Scotland, UK
14 July 1987, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
26 July 1975, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
14 October 1972, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
May 09, 2017
Flin Flon-born actor Abrahamson nails it. He may not have many lines, but he also never has a false moment. He breaks your heart with a macho stoicism that ultimately cannot withstand a relentless assault of callous indifference.
March 10, 2017
This isn't a traditional hockey film. In a sense, it's not a hockey film at all. Hello Destroyer shoots for more: A story of alienation, and of youth rudely interrupted and lost in the machine.
September 28, 2017
[Hello Destroyer] is constructed sturdily enough to stand up to any forthcoming scrutiny, and maybe also built to last in a way that most feature debuts simply are not.
June 15, 2017
Director Kevan Funk presents an occasionally powerful, if slow-moving and overlong meditation on violence and toxic masculinity.
July 05, 2017
Hello Destroyer is a hockey movie where the drama is not in the game, but in how its violence has consequences that ripple off the ice.
March 08, 2017
Writer/director Funk's first feature after a series of solid shorts -- including 2013's Destroyer, which contained the seeds of this film -- is a strong debut, if a little heavy-handed.
March 10, 2017
The tragic cliché of the heroic hockey enforcer is explored with art and impact in this powerful feature debut by Vancouver writer/director Kevan Funk.
May 09, 2017
Terse and devastating.
