Harry Brown (2010)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

While the film was okay and utterly predictable, what wasn't expected was the scene between Caine and Harris, where the former allows the latter to completely steal it. Very generous of Caine to allow that. It's one of the creepiest sequences I've ever seen in a film, and Harris' performance is simply spot-on.

Excellent movie, made me feel very uncomfortable and even anxious. I can't imagine being afraid to walk around my own neighborhood. Michael Caine is just excellent here, with visions of Death Wish & Get Carter. Set in south London, Caine is a widower in his 70's, on medication for his emphysema and living in a dilapidated council flat on a rough estate. Drug dealers and gangsters rule his neighbourhood, the police (Emily Mortimer) are unable to make a difference. Harry meets his friend Len (David Bradley) at the pub, they play chess, Len is afraid and then Len is killed by drug dealers. Harry is tired of being afraid and with nothing left to lose, rediscovers his forgotten military past, embarking on a revenge campaign against some very bad dudes who don't realize who they've come up against. This is a gritty, violent, revenge thriller. I was kinda blown away by Michael Caine, he is just awesome.

Harry Brown is a revenge Drama born from a film craze of that time, where the unlikely, aging characters rise up against terrorising teens. When the law cannot help and fear and crime rule, there is only one choice ... Die or be willing to die for the cause. The gritty nature of its environment, the realistic performances, the brutal inflictions and its raw reality makes Harry Brown, but shockable and slightly inspirational

This is the known story of a man become into vigilante . An elderly ex-serviceman and widower , Harry Brown , (Michael Caine) looks to avenge his best friend (David Bradley)'s murder by doling out his own form of justice . As a retired man turned vigilante and taking the law into his own hands as judge , jury and executioner. As every man has a breaking point . Harry turns the one-man vigilante when his friend is attacked , beaten and then stabbed to death in an underground passage carried out by furious band formed by some ominous punks . Then he stalks the slums of London and takes the law into his own hands, searching vengeance on crooks, hoodlums, druggies , muggers, pimps , making the neighborhood safer and bumping off delinquents and street scum . Meanwhile , police officers D.I. Alice Frampton (Emily Mortimer) and D.S. Terry Hicock (Charlie Creed-Miles) are investigating the deeds and Police Superintendent Childs (Iain Glen) orders a major arrest operation believing the recent violence is related to a gang war. The late-night raids on the neighbourhood result in a massive riot .This interesting picture has suspense , emotion , intrigue , thrills and lots of violence . It's certainly thrilling , though the morality may be questionable , even in this time, as the spectators were clearly on the Harry Brown's side . Michael Caine with his usual top-notch acting displays efficiently his weapon such as ¨Harry the Dirty¨ and killing mercilessly nasties . Michael Caine saw a lot of himself in the character of Harry Brown, e.g. they're both combat veterans , as Harry is a Marine who served in Northern Ireland, Caine served in the British Army during the Korean war , and Caine lived in the same area that Brown does , it was things like these that drew him to the film . Secondary cast is frankly excellent such as Emily Mortimer , Charlie Creed-Miles , David Bradley , Iain Glen , Sean Harris, Ben Drew and special mention to Liam Cunningham as Sid Rourke . This is Daniel Barber's nice feature debut , he's now shooting ¨The keeping room¨ with Hailee Steinfeld , Sam Worthington and Brit Marling .This exciting and above average film belong to ¨Vigilante genre¨ whose main representations are ¨Charles Bronson's Death Wish¨ , successful crime thriller that created the Vigilante genre with Bronson as the main star such as ¨Death wish II¨ ¨Death wish III¨ , ¨Death Wish 4 : The crackdown¨and ¨Death Wish: The face of death¨ and , of course , ¨Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry¨ movies , such as ¨The enforcers¨, ¨Sudden impact¨ and ¨The dead pool¨ . Furthermore , other notorious movies on the ¨Revenger¨ genre that achieved their splendor in the eighties are the followings : ¨Exterminator¨ I and II with Robert Ginty ; ¨Vigilante¨ by William Lusting with Robert Foster , Fred Williamson ; ¨Walking the edge¨ by Norbert Meisel with Robert Foster and Nancy Kwan ; ¨Dark Angel¨ with Betty Russell ; ¨Steele Justice¨ with Martin Kove ¨; ¨The Punisher¨ with Dolph Lundgren , ¨Joe Don Baker's Walking tall¨ saga ; ¨Lorenzo Lamas's Snake eater¨ saga , ¨Arnold's Raw Deal¨ , ¨Stallone's Cobra¨ and many others .