2008 · crime · drama · mystery
Pride and Glory
Directed by Gavin O'Connor2h 10m2008
A saga centered on the Tierneys, a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
Our read: Pride and Glory (2008) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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