Film
Harry Brown
Age certification: 18
On release in cinemas: 13 November 2009
Crackerjack rating: 9.0/10
User average rating: 9.0/10 (based on 1 reviews)
Synopsis
Sir Michael Caine delivers one of his best performances in years in this gritty tale of a Londoner who turns vigilante to avenge the killing of his best friend. A sparkling directorial debut from newcomer Daniel Barber.
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We say...
Britain is broken, almost beyond repair. Knife crime has, shockingly, become part of everyone’s lives as teenagers take their arguments onto the streets. Fear and insecurity fan the flames of racism and intolerance, while our prisons are full to bursting as police struggle to maintain law and order. In these dark and depressing times, unlikely heroes make a stand against all of the savagery. For Daniel Barber’s brutal and uncompromising directorial debut, that hero is a...
You say...
Friday 13th November 2009
Excellent but harrowing film about the state of "broken Britain".
Michael Caine turns in a fantastic performance as the old man turned vigilante on a run-down South London housing estate pitting his wits against the drug-dealing, violent scum that make residents' lives a misery.
Some disturbing scenes of violence but feels real and pertinent to life today on some of Britain's worst housing estates.
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