Harry Brown

HARRY BROWN (2009) - Sept. 14, 2009
Featuring yet another amazing performance from Michael Caine (the man is definitely on a roll), this was a really good movie about an aging ex-military man who slowly realizes that something must be done about the escalating gang violence in his neighbourhood when his best friend is murdered by a group of punks. The film did a really good job of setting everything up, and the pacing was pretty much perfect. There were also some pretty riveting sequences here, particularly a scene in which Caine visits a drug dealer to buy a gun. Daniel Barber's direction was quite good, and Caine was obviously pitch-perfect as the titular Harry Brown. ***1/2