Harry Brown (Caine) is a retired ex marine living in a sprawling inner city estate. His wife is terminally ill and his best friend Leonard (Bradley) is being harassed by a notorious gang on the estate. Browns life changes when his wife dies and Leonard is beaten to death by the gang. Harry is visited by the police and he realises the gang will claim they acted in self-defence and that there would be no justice for Leonard so he decides to take matters in his own hands.
Think Alfie as an OAP, think Grand Torino set in a London inner city, don’t think of a big surprise or a plot full of revelation and twists. Caine is great, as usual, but I have to say this character isn’t stretching his acting abilities – its Alfie with a freedom bus pass.
The film is ok although not ground breaking – it’s a story that has been done before and Harry Brown doesn’t bring anything new. Harry is a man on a revenge mission, a man with nothing to live for and nothing to loose. The rest of the film is populated with stereotypical hoodies, thugs and junkies – which is a little bit disappointment. There are also a rather dated looking ‘riot’ – which looks like it was pulled from the 80’s not 2009.
It’s a good film, watch it if you’re a Caine fan but don’t expect an intriguing plot as you can pretty much decipher what is going to happen before the opening credits.
Director: Daniel
Cast:
Michael Caine – Harry Brown
Emily Mortimer – D.I. Alice Frampton
Charlie Creed-Miles – D.S. Terry Hicock
David Bradley – Leonard Attwell
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