Harry Brown

Caine's the business

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Britain's answer to Clint Eastwood's 'Gran Tourino,' Michael Caine is wonderful as this revisionist Harry Palmer character. Just like 'Tourino' was Dirty Harry as an old, retired git - so this is Caine's way of reflecting on the now retired action heroes he played in his youth. A damning insight into British yoof culture gone wrong in a post-Millennial society that just gave up caring... and in the process gave up hope. A darker meditation than Eastwood's - more 'Unforgiven' than 'Gran Tourino' really. It loses one star due to an at times predictable script and pedestrian direction - but Caine raises the game. See it for Sir Mike if nothing else. He totally owns this movie in his best role since 'Educating Rita.'