Ask any septagenarian what they like doing on a rainy evening and chances are they'll tell you it's got summat to do with pipes and slippers. Not our Harry though: vigilante-style he decides to clean up his putrid wasteland of high-rise poverty, a world inhabited by grim violent young men with nothing to do but terrorise anyone who gets in their way.
Slow-burning at times, Michael Caine as the title role is highly convincing as the old man with a past who decides to take on the world after his old friend is butchered in a public tunnel.
Infinitely less 'Hollywood' than 'Gran Torino', Caine is less of a hero than a sad reminder of the blight that affects run-down areas of major cities, but he's excellent nonetheless.
The female police chief (emily Mortimer) looks somehow out of place: she's pretty, slim and smart, but a little docile for an inner-city cop.
Overall I think this is worth a view: it's good social comment.
Slow-burning at times, Michael Caine as the title role is highly convincing as the old man with a past who decides to take on the world after his old friend is butchered in a public tunnel.
Infinitely less 'Hollywood' than 'Gran Torino', Caine is less of a hero than a sad reminder of the blight that affects run-down areas of major cities, but he's excellent nonetheless.
The female police chief (emily Mortimer) looks somehow out of place: she's pretty, slim and smart, but a little docile for an inner-city cop.
Overall I think this is worth a view: it's good social comment.