Harry Brown (2009)

Title: Harry Brown (2009) (R)

Starring:  Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley
Director: Daniel Barber 
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Rotten Tomatoes: Critic: 63%, Audience: 74%
IMDB: 7.3/10  
Runtime: 1 Hour 43 Minutes



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I'm a little torn on this movie. On the one hand I loved Michael Caine's character. On the other hand there is no hand. Michael Caine makes this movie work. This is your typical former military serviceman (now old guy) gets pissed off by the lack of justice in his neighborhood and goes vigilante. So, Michael Caine's character lives in this rotten place and he feels like the police aren't getting things done. So he takes matters into his old.. hands.

Is this movie watchable? Absolutely. In fact it's very watchable. Is it astounding cinema destined to be remembered forever? Probably not. In fact within a few years nobody will probably remember this movie.

One thing I appreciate that they did with Caine's character the balance they gave him. Sometimes in these "turned vigilante" movies they make the main character relatively invincible throughout the whole movie. However, this movie takes into account the fact that Caine's character is an old guy and he struggles with his physical incapacities throughout his attempts to garner justice.

Really, the only reason I even watched this movie was because it has Michael Caine in it, and I am a fan of Michael Caine in general. Really, not much about this movie is worth watching, except for Michael Caine. So there you go.

As of this posting the movie is no longer available on Netflix, but I believe it's available on Crackle.

Enjoy.