Hardcore

Schrader’s neo-noir about a devout conservative businessman venturing into a sordid Californian underworld in search of his runaway teenage daughter.

When devout Midwestern businessman Jake Van Dorn’s teenager daughter goes missing on a church trip to California, he discovers she has been drawn into a seedy porn underworld. Hiring cynical local investigator Andy Mast to look for her, Van Dorn descends into a world of exploitation and vice, posing as an adult-film producer in the desperate hope of finding her.

George C. Scott delivers a searing performance in Paul Schrader’s unsettling neo-noir about faith, morality, alienation, and obsession.