Harry Brown

[philly840]

Liam Cunningham plays Sid.

[superhero]

I am kind of slightly surprised they are showing Harry Brown at Odeon Leicester Square. It didn't seem like the kind of film that would draw a large group for a huge cinema like Odeon Leicester Square. (they showed Gran Torino there too)

[TheyCallMeMrGlass]

Its because I think, whoever the powers maybe, are pushing Harry Brown to be UK's flagship movie, hoping for a big international success with Michael Caine returning to the action hero role. The marketing is a full on onslaught to propel this movie as an action vigilante movie. The poster is very enticing, in fact, if I hadnt seen the film already I would be pulled into watching the old cockney legend return to his tough guy Harry Palmer persona!

[superhero]

I get that, but Odeon Leicester Square is where you normally get harry potter 6, transformers 4, Pirates of the Carribean 5....etc etc...hehe

[blip]

I liked the portrayal of the estate (though i was shocked to think that areas can actually be as bad as that - scary!)

I used to live down the road from this estate (the Heygate, Elephant & Castle.....known locally as 'the 'aygate'!), my husbands Nan lived there so I spent a lot of time there. It's just as bleak and grim as it looks in the film! I last went there 12 years ago and it was rough then, but wasn't anywhere near as bad as it was portrayed in the film. But 12 years is a long time and society has changed an awful lot................

[ciro22]

It's an interesting enough film for a British film (where you always have to lower your standards to a certain extent) but there are some real issues with a lot of the supporting characters (the DI played by Emily Mortimer in particular) which kind of leaves the impression that the filmmakers weren't p*ying all that much attention to the film they were making...