Harry Brown
Harry Brown is a 2009 British vigilante film directed by Daniel Barber and starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, Iain Glen, Sean Harris, Ben Drew, Jack O'Connell, Jamie Downey, and Liam Cunningham. The story follows Harry Brown (Caine), 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 (Bradley), Harry decides to take justice into his own hands.
Plot
Harry Brown is an elderly pensioner who is a decorated Royal Marine, and a veteran of the Northern Ireland conflict. He lives on a London council estate ruled by drug dealers and violent youth gangs, while spending most of his time playing chess with his friend, Len Attwell, at a local pub owned by Sid Rourke. When the hospital phones to tell him that his wife, Kath, is dying, Harry is too late to see her because he is scared to take a shortcut through a pedestrian underpass, which is gang-occupied. His wife is laid to rest next to the grave of their thirteen-year-old daughter, Rachel, who died in 1973.
More details
| author | Gary Young |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Daniel Barber |
| editor | Joe Walker |
| events | old age revenge |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | bayonet burn cannabis car crash council estate detective inspector drug dealer drug overdose emphysema escalate flee gang war hide injured kill manslaughter military training morning murder northern ireland northern ireland conflict overdose pensioner playing chess police arrest police operation pornographic films pornography press conference royal marine scar self-defence shoot terrorize train trouble violent youth walk war child 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 |