Michael Caine is Harry Brown, and he is a hardass. Watching this movie, I was quite simply enthralled and couldn’t get enough of this thriller.
The movie feels like a UK version of Death Wish → and Gran Torino → rolled into one. Well, on the technical side – I guess it is.
Harry Brown is a veteran who has lived to see his community descend into crime and violence. He sees it night and day, but chooses to simply mind his own business. Early on in the film, his wife passes away in Hospital and he is left a widower. The only person who is left in Harry’s life is now his close friend, Leonard who is brutally murdered by the teenage gang occupying the estate in which Harry lives.
With the Police failing to get anywhere with the murder of his friend Leonard, Harry eventually decides to take matters into his own hands and becomes a vigilante. Here we eventually learn that he previously served in the Royal Marines. Harry starts picking off the drug dealers and surveilling the gang members, trying to find out who really murdered his friend..
I guess I don’t need to elaborate much further as you can see where this is all going. If a vigilante/drama/thriller is your type of movie, definitely check out Harry Brown – it’s well worth it.
