Harry Brown
Harry Brown is a 2009 British vigilante action-thriller film directed by Daniel Barber and starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jack O'Connell, and Liam Cunningham. The story follows Harry Brown, a widowed Royal Marines veteran who had served in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, living on a London housing estate that is rapidly descending into youth crime. After a violent gang murders his friend, Harry decides to take justice into his own hands.
Plot
Elderly pensioner Harry Brown, a decorated Royal Marine veteran of the Northern Ireland conflict, lives on a London council estate infested with violent youth gang activity and illegal narcotics distribution. Harry spends most of his free time playing chess with his friend, Len Attwell, at a local pub owned by Sid Rourke. When the hospital phones about his wife Kath's imminent demise, Harry arrives too late as the pedestrian underpass shortcut is active gang territory. Kath is buried next to their thirteen-year-old daughter, Rachel, who died of pneumonia in 1973.
More details
| author | Gary Young |
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| contentLocation | London |
| director | Daniel Barber |
| editor | Joe Walker |
| events | old age revenge |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | bayonet bury cannabis car crash cordite council estate detective inspector drive drug dealer emphysema escalate female hero flee free time gang war heroin addict hide inebriate injured kill manslaughter military training morning northern ireland northern ireland conflict pensioner playing chess police arrest police operation pornographic films pornography press conference royal marine seclude self-defence shoot train trouble violent youth young woman youth gang |
| musicBy | Martin Phipps |
| producer | Matthew Vaughn |
| productionCompany | HanWay Films Marv Films UK Film Council |
| publisher | Lionsgate UK |
| recordedAt | London |
| theme | gang hood neo-noir northern vigilante |