Michael Caine deals to yobs
In the new movie Harry Brown, Michael Caine (you may remember him from Return to the Poseidon Adventure, The Swarm, Jaws 3-D, The Hand and a couple of other movies) is a retired Marine who gives a bunch of yobs on a housing estate what they deserve after a mate of his is killed. The smart-arse at The Times thinks they should have killed him off, probably because Times readers would have preferred he prevailed if he talked like he did in Zulu. Me: I like a bit of escapism and this sounds like a modern-day Death Wish. (Pity that by the time Sir Maurice got to work with Michael Winner, the director had lost his marbles and they made Bullesye.) Go Michael! Blow them bloody doors off!
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Caine is one of those actors that rarely says no to an offer, and has done some real crapola films in his long career, along with several greats... I prefer to remember him in Ipcress File, Alphie (the original from 1966), The Italian Job (the original, definitive cool heist movie, 1969), Get Carter (maybe his best film), Hanna and her Sisters, etc.
The modern vigilante is a well-visited theme, from Bronson to Eastwood, and this looks like a goodie. Looking forward to seeing it on cable.
This is the sort of movie I would probably get on DVD rather than see at a cinema. We shall see. It gets here in ’10.