2009 · thriller · crime · drama
Harry Brown
Directed by Daniel Barber1h 43m2009
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Our read: Harry Brown (2009) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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“You want grim London vigilante justice led by an aging Michael Caine.”
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