Deathwish with pathos.
A fuller version.
This is a very British ASBO fatality fantasy film. It is certainly worth a look for the visual stimulus alone; as well as a solid performance by Michael Caine in the titular role. Old, sad, gentle Harry Brown dusts off skills that he purged from himself decades earlier and seeks out revenge for his pain and loneliness. That's it. Not in a loud Charles-Bronson-meet-Wildy kind of way. Stolid. Efficient. Very British. The most understated bad-ass rocking a pensioner's allotment. Atmosphere is handled beautifully; with several scenes being cringe worthy for the level of personal degradation exhibited by several of the antagonists. Genuinely unsettling.
Having said all that, it is an urban blight/fear-of-violent-youth film, so take it with a grain of salt.
A fuller version.
This is a very British ASBO fatality fantasy film. It is certainly worth a look for the visual stimulus alone; as well as a solid performance by Michael Caine in the titular role. Old, sad, gentle Harry Brown dusts off skills that he purged from himself decades earlier and seeks out revenge for his pain and loneliness. That's it. Not in a loud Charles-Bronson-meet-Wildy kind of way. Stolid. Efficient. Very British. The most understated bad-ass rocking a pensioner's allotment. Atmosphere is handled beautifully; with several scenes being cringe worthy for the level of personal degradation exhibited by several of the antagonists. Genuinely unsettling.
Having said all that, it is an urban blight/fear-of-violent-youth film, so take it with a grain of salt.