PRIDE AND GLORY 2008 Gavin O’Connor *** I must have seen this in the cinema and then forgotten, which is not much of a recommendation I suppose. This would be a really good film except for being about the rather tired subject of corrupt cops, a theme that seems to have been popularly explored since the 80s. Set in N Y, 4 cops get shot up on a drugs raid. It transpires that the reason why they were shot was because the drug gang were tipped off by a corrupt cop. A family of cops are involved. Jon Voigt is the Patriarch, he is a cop, one of his sons Francis (Noah Emmerich), is the precinct head, the other son, Ray (Edward Norton) is also a cop and gets roped in to investigate the blood bath. Their brother- in-law, Colin Farrell, is right in the thick of the corruption. So there are a lot of issues around conflicts: between family, loyalty and integrity. The Noah Emmerich character is basically clean but he has allowed things to slip as he is distracted by his wife is dying of cancer. So a showdown begins between Jimmy (Farrell ) and Ray. Ray discovers the truth but refuses to name Jimmy to his superiors. But Jimmy not only sets Ray up but then sails him down the river. Francis decides they have to go after Jimmy. Then the plot gets a bit silly. One of the minor cop characters goes to get a pay-off from a local store and gets shot in the process. His partner then shoots an innocent bystander in error. All this causes a local riot. Meanwhile Ray goes to arrest Jimmy, on his own with no back up, and there is a really dumb fist-fight between them, reminiscent of old shagged-out cowboy plots. Ray, our hero prevails, and then handcuffs Jimmy and walks him to his car, which for some reason is miles away. The mob from the riot come upon them and basically execute Jimmy for his crookedness, by beating him to death. Cut to Father and 2 sons turning up at the justice department for the hearing. The end.Read full review
I liked the dvd film very much very good actors
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I am a Colin Farrell fan and had been looking to buy a copy of this dvd for a while. I was not disappointed .
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