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Harry Brown is a 2009 British vigilante film directed by Daniel Barber and starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, Iain Glen, Sean Harris, Ben Drew, Jack O'Connell, Jamie Downey, and Liam Cunningham. The story follows Harry Brown (Caine), a widowed Royal Marines veteran who had served in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, living on a London housing estate that is rapidly…
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Certain films face significant challenges from their inception, often due to their tone and worldview being 180 degrees away from critics or even the filmmakers themselves. This discord can create a barrier that is difficult to overcome, requiring a unique talent to surmount. Daniel Barber thankfully had such talent in his 2009 directorial debut, *Harry Brown*, an old-school vigilante thriller that diverges sharply…More
Understated and not Hollywood. The world of Harry Brown is brought to life very well, it isn't what you might expect a retired serviceman to be living. Instead it is dirty, seedy and crime ridden. The action isn't over the top like Hollywood can be, and if you can look past some of the minor errors like how well a person with emphazema can move in the movie. Then this is a very well done and enjoyable movie. Here we…More
