Hello Destroyer

Hello Destroyer is a 2016 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kevan Funk.

[3] The film stars Jared Abrahamson as an enforcer on a hockey team who faces difficult consequences when a hit on an opposing player during a game turns more violent than intended.

[5] According to Funk, his intention was to make a film that explored institutional and systemic violence rather than a sports film per se;[6] he chose a hockey-related setting as it represented an "aggressively Canadian" cultural institution which has a complex relationship with violence and toxic masculinity, and has stated that if he were making the same film in the United States he would likely have chosen a military setting.

[6] The film was shot primarily in Prince George, British Columbia, including at the CN Centre.

[8] Vice Sports describes the film as "about how violence is cultivated, showcased and then punished within a set of institutions that require its presence to be profitable",[4] and Alex Rose of the magazine Cult MTL called the film "as Canadian as a Weakerthans song and as depressing as that second Leonard Cohen record.