Harry Brown Trailer

Michael Caine Will Mess You Up

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (23)

If there’s one good thing about Christopher Nolan’s hiatus from the Batman franchise, it’s that it gives some of the key players room to shine by themselves. Case in point, Michael Caine in Harry Brown. Caine plays an elderly gentleman in a neighborhood besieged by thugs, who, after the death of his friend, takes to the streets and makes those young punks rue the fucking day.

Sound familiar?

Yeah, it’s a little bit of Gran Torino, and maybe a little bit of The Brave One. But it’s Michael Caine, showing the toughness that he hinted at in The Dark Knight (“We burned the forest down”), and reminiscent of his older roles. Frankly, while the plot is nothing new, it looks like it could be pretty terrific. The character of Harry Brown seems to show a little more emotion than one would suspect in a lot of the more rote revenge flicks, and besides — it’s Michael freakin’ Caine.

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This is exactly why we need a Get Carter video game.

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at September 21, 2009 10:40 AM

Michael Caine rules. That is all.

Posted by: Slash at September 21, 2009 11:14 AM

Michael Caine is 76-years old. What's he gonna do? Stand on his porch in pajamas yelling "Get off my lawn"?

Posted by: Carolina Girl at September 21, 2009 11:15 AM

He's the British Clint Eastwood, he could beat these guys to death with his enormous penis if he wanted too.

Posted by: George at September 21, 2009 11:24 AM

Why am I having Charles Bronson flashbacks?

Posted by: BWeaves at September 21, 2009 11:27 AM

Fuck yes. I will watch Michael Caine in anything, even a British Gran Torino.

Posted by: stardust savant at September 21, 2009 11:50 AM

Agree with George, he could and THEN he would suffocate them with ONE,(1) of his balls.

Posted by: The Gemeinderat at September 21, 2009 12:00 PM

Bippity boppity boo.

Anybody?

Posted by: sansho1 at September 21, 2009 12:04 PM

I was at the hockey game last night and during play this dude was trying to get to his seat. The elderly usher put and hand on the guy and told him to wait until a stoppage in play. The bag of rancid douche starts losing his shit on the usher threatening him, swearing, the whole nine yards. The usher proceeds to tell the twatwaffle who's in charge while about ten of us are standing there laughing. Then another old dude gets out of his seat, comes up the stairs and starts whispering is the shithead's ear. The whistle blows and dipshit goes to his seat without another word.

The lesson is this: Don't mess with octogenarians. They will fuck your shit up.

Posted by: admin at September 21, 2009 12:16 PM

The problem with these movies is that I have to actively remind myself that I do not believe in vigilante justice. Damn though, if this trailer doesn't make it seem so right.

Posted by: tamatha at September 21, 2009 12:30 PM

Micheal Caine brings the pain.

Posted by: chayes at September 21, 2009 12:34 PM

Who needed confirmation that Michael Caine is the king of cool? Who?

Posted by: Cindy at September 21, 2009 12:51 PM

At the end of the trailer he says, "You failed to maintain your weapon." Right? Because I totally thought he said, "You failed to maintain your women." It gave me a good chuckle though.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at September 21, 2009 1:42 PM

This one will hit a nerve in the UK.
There are often reports of gangs of feral youths hurting or killing people who object to their behaviour. A father kicked to death in front of his kids (actually, there's been a few of those), a guy in a wheelchair because he finally snapped and told the thugs to fuck off and stop terrorising his family, and they shot him. Not to mention the poor woman who burned herself and her mentally-retarded daughter to death in her car, rather than face any more of the taunts and harassment they'd been getting for years from their local estate rats.
That's just the few I recall off the top of my head, there's at least one report a week about this kind of brutality. This stuff makes me angry. It makes a lot of people angry. So I fully expect audiences at this movie to cheer. I'll join them!
Michael Caine may be 76, but he plays ice-cold bastard like nobody else. He's our Clint.

Posted by: Tarn at September 21, 2009 3:06 PM

Silly Rabbit
Gran Turino and The Brave One None
Death Wish ALL!

Posted by: Malon at September 21, 2009 3:29 PM

The lesson is this: Don't mess with octogenarians. They will fuck your shit up.

Posted by: admin at September 21, 2009 12:16 PM
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Septuagenarians either:

www.postgazette.com/pg/09264/999675-100.stm

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at September 21, 2009 4:49 PM

You know why that is, admin? We ... ahem, I mean, THEY don't have anything to lose: "I'm 80 years old. Whattaya gonna do, kill me? Fuck YOU. You'd be doin' me a favor."

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at September 21, 2009 4:52 PM

**Spoilers**

It doesn't look like Gran Torino because Caine will actually be shooting people, not just intimidating them in order to get shot.

Big difference.

Posted by: Recondite at September 21, 2009 6:55 PM

For a long time Michael Caine & Gene Hackman were in a tie, but it's official now...Caine is my ultimate old man crush!

Posted by: Mona at September 21, 2009 7:14 PM

//awe//

Posted by: Jerce at September 21, 2009 8:08 PM

For some reason I had it in my head that this movie had something to do with The Little Brown Reader.

Posted by: EricD at September 21, 2009 9:31 PM

and btw, "This stuff makes me angry". Welcome to socialism.

Posted by: EricD at September 21, 2009 9:34 PM

This might be the inverse of "Clockwork Orange".

Or at least a response.

Posted by: bjs1109 at September 21, 2009 9:59 PM

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