1. DaveJ.

   10

   I really enjoyed this movie. Michael Caine is great! Go see it!

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2. robster

   8

   The film is very reminiscent to myself of Gran Torino (and that can only be a good thing). It's mood and colour palette are both very dark in nature and It's tough and gritty viewing without the sprinkling of fake-dom that Hollywood can does provide from US based films with their soft lens focus to life and their characters. The film is a canvas of life today in some parts of the UK, with feral teenagers on the loose, and general problems that exist in inner cities in the UK today. The film takes a while to "get going", and seems almost sloth like until events turn Harry Brown into something more than an old codger. The acting is fab' throughout and worth a watch purely to watch Michael Caine and Harry Brown. I would wholeheartedly recommend this film. The film is worthy to be checked out and in your DVD/blu-ray collection as it is mine. Don't be put off by negative reviews, you will not be disappointed, I wasn't.… Expand

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3. rotku

   5

   Although Michael Caine buts in a fantastic performance the rest of the movie does not live up to this standard. I expected a 'Death Wish' type vigilante movie instead the revenge is very tame and predictable. With a little more imagination and better support casting this could have become a very clever movie but sadly it didn't.… Expand

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4. CharlotteP

   1

   Disappointing, outlandish and barely credible, this formless film hinges on an unlikely and morally suspect "Broken Britain" theme, where plucky old men have no choice but to fight back against local toughs in the only language they understand - extreme violence with guns. Emily Mortimer never fails to annoy but here she's also poorly cast as a police detective whose sheer helplessness and apathetic limpness is infuriating. Michael Caine should really know better, but given that he recently endorsed David Cameron, he clearly doesn't. The effect is unremittingly bleak and depressing, without having any redemptive qualities, and certainly without coming across as representing any kind of true vision of Britain. It sounds trivial, but the fundamental procedural mistakes made by Mortimer's character finally torpedo the entire sorry exercise.… Expand

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