Harry Brown (2009)
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
- Daniel Barber
- Heather Storr
- Sally Jones
- Gary Young
Rating: 6.8/10 by 1036 users
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Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 43 minutes
Budget: $7,300,000
Revenue: $10,329,747
Plot Keyword: investigation, self-defense, riot, murder, vigilante, drug dealing, hospital, widower, loner, subway tunnel, army veteran, vigilante justice
We watched Harry Brown last weekend. I’m afraid it wasn’t as good as I hoped. I often like Michael Caine but I really didn’t like this particular movie. Some people say this movie is a British version of Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino but that’s really stretching it as far as I’m concerned. Gran Torino had quite a few bright moments although the film as a whole was perhaps a bit tragic but Harry Brown was really only dark, slow paced and quite boring. Sure it was well done and Caine sure wasn’t underperforming but the entire film was just too melancholic and depressing for my taste.
