dylanb-23290 Michael Caine may be known for his uncanny role as batman's butler. However, in the case of this film, a different role is portrayed.A brilliant story which is highly akin to real world scenarios and that makes you happy about the 'saddistic' way that revenge takes place within Mr Brown's character.Drugs, sex, illicit arms and hooligan-style bullying are the main topics of this film. After the inevitable loss of his wife and the horrific loss of his lifelong friend, Mr Attwell, Mr Brown transforms from the most humble and gentle being to the most quick-witted 70-year old marine revenge guy. His subtle and calm voice as opposed to the actions taken in getting his revenge play a pivotal role in the brilliant performance; a very bright contrast that compliment each other perfectly.Every decision taken leads to having safe streets once again. It may be used as a symbolism, that sometimes personal action is required as those who are supposed to do the work are dull-hearted.A very brilliant film, that illustrates the real world through the eyes of a ex-marine widower, where the lost love of his dearest ones, pushed him over the edge to take control of the situation at hand.A must watch film!

adonis98-743-186503 An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice. Harry Brown is a mix of Death Wish meets Taken with an older man played by the great Michael Caine who decides to form his own justice after his best friend gets murdered in an Alley he decides to kill the men responsible for his death but by the end of the film what he finds out is even bigger that he expected. Thanks to a great performance by Caine and some pretty cool action sequences Harry Brown is a different kind of action movie and it totally works just fine and that's why i will give it a 10 out of 10.

KineticSeoul This is a pretty straightforward revenge elements, except for the fact that it deals with a aging ex marine that has nothing much to live for. The concept of how it shows the perspective and grief from old people that gets kicked around and abused by young juvenile delinquents. Usually it's the old middle aged men that does wrong to society. And I do believe in most cases they do inflict pain onto other, except by taking advantage of the system or doing things underhanded through manipulation. Maybe because of mid-life crisis, selfishness, gave up on the world or just because power can corrupt. However even youngsters are capable of committing horrendous crime and inflict suffering onto others just for the heck of it. Michael Caine really brings about a believable performance while portraying a character that feels washed up and doesn't have much to go on. And when a friend gets killed by a group of delinquents or hooligans he is out for revenge. This is not like any of the "Taken" movie where he has all the tools to take down the bad guys. His age catches up to him and you as the audience can see the mistakes he makes because he isn't as agile as he use to be. So I give this movie credit for showing the other side of the coin to be somewhat different from other revenge/crime movies. This one really delves into a man's inner turmoil and how age is insignificant when it comes to having a heart and just about everyone has emotional scars they have to deal with. It isn't a film I would see again, but it's not a bad movie to sit through if it came on TV. What made this film at leas somewhat stand out to me is the gritty and nasty atmosphere that takes place in London.6.5/10

SimonJack This is a dark film about an underside of living in London. It brings together a variety of people who live in public housing projects called sink estates, and the underworld culture of drugs and crime. Apparently, London has problems with its "social" housing projects and high crime. Pictures on the Internet show the poor conditions of some of the projects. It reminds me of our American experiment with large public housing projects in the 1960s. I saw some of the burned, dilapidated and destroyed public housing projects in Washington, D.C. in the late 1960s. They were abandoned buildings less than five years old. "Harry Brown" centers around a senior whose wife has just died, and a fellow senior. The two friends meet each day to play chess in a neighborhood pub. Both men live in "the estate" complex. We see Harry's apartment, and it looks quite nice. From the exterior, the large apartment building looks fine. But, below and around the complex teens lurk and hang out in gangs, occupying a pedestrian tunnel, doing and dealing drugs, and harassing and intimidating couples, women and children. These young criminals – those we see up close already have juvenile records and more – also live in the estate. We see that their apartments aren't as nice or well kept. Later in the film, we see Leonard's apartment when Harry goes to look over his things. It's been ransacked and burned. Harry and Len go about their lives in old age and retirement not bothering anyone. But, both have fear of the gangs and hoodlums who have directly taunted and threatened Len. The story involves police efforts to clean up the area, and a young police woman who investigates the murder of Len. I won't describe the plot further, but just observe that this film is fraught with emotions – from the characters in the film and from our viewing it. We are only human when we are moved with anger at the young thugs. We see their senseless disregard and disrespect for people. It's difficult not to want their civil rights stripped so that the police can round them up and jail them for years. It's apparent to any viewer that that would save lives – many of their own in time, and of countless other innocent victims and bystanders. Detective Inspector Alice Frampton is a check on the righteous indignation of Harry and others who would take the law into their own hands to rid the neighborhood of its scourge. Many of we viewers might be in that group as well. Yet, Frampton is conflicted later by what she sees and experiences. This is a film to make us think about right and wrong, justice and injustice, security and gang rule and fear. And, the one obvious message that comes across clearly is that a culture of drugs destroys everything good and beautiful and innocent around it. Michael Caine is excellent as Harry Brown. All the rest of the cast of this film are very good. One must be braced to endure constant vulgarity and crude behavior during much of this movie. In a drug culture such as this, man seems to revert to his most barbaric, primitive self. This isn't entertainment, by any stretch of the imagination. It is a type of film that all people should see from time to time. The vast majority of us living in the western world don't live in conditions or places like this. But, we should know that it exists, and how it must be for innocent people to live in fear most of the time – in free countries. Whether they intended it or not, the producers of this film have given a strong testimonial of support for the war on drugs.