klasol
The music is the low volume trademark from Mann's "Heat" supplied with slow motion footage . It's powerful. The filming is most excellent, but I am annoyed with the cutting, too abrupt in many cases. The line of actors is not only superb, but Colin Farrell is a far better bad guy than in any of his hero roles. Edward Norton is one of my favorites and here he mixes the soft personality with his hard side. Very few American actors can do that. The film is action and the plot powerful as it represents a history of similar cases of corruption within the police.
Floated2
Pride and Glory starring Colin Farrell and Ed Norton is a take on a typical NYPD good-cop-bad cop film with a plot that resembles several old television shows. The clichés come fast throughout(who should know better, having made the far superior version of this film, Narc). Ray has lately removed himself from dad's unit (to the symbolic Missing Persons) and lives on a leaky boat (being adrift and all).A couple minor flaws but I do believe a lot had to do with the operator and not the shaver it self. A few people complained about it pulling on 3-4 whiskers at a time and causing pain, however, they did mention they only tried the shaver two or three times and most all shavers recommend up to 21 days for your face to adjust to a new shaver. Until the 21 days has been reached just try pulling your skin taught to reduce any pain associated with the grace period.
Al Reynolds
After a very promising beginning where a horrific crime scene occurs the film leads to you following a number of different characters for a number of different reasons.However, after a particular point in the film, I feel the story goes a little flat and a lot of excitement and energy is taken out of the film. The ending I feel is a particular let down not because it's necessary that bad, just doesn't lead up to the promise of the beginning of the film, which I feel stops the film from being a classic.The acting for the film was fantastic, especially, Norton and Farrell who played their characters particularly well indeed.The setting is also perfect for this dark crime thriller and is definitely a strong point for the film.Overall I feel the film is certainly worth a watch if you like crime films, you just might be disappointed with the end of the film.
matthewwalker50
One of my favourite cop drama's has to be Pride & Glory. It has to go down as one of the most entertaining cop thrillers I've ever watched. That's no joke either. I think this is filmed with real power and passion compared to most cop movies. It's really tense & gripping. Utterly compelling to watch at times. It's much tough & grittier than cop films like, say Dirty Harry. Biggest difference between this and Dirty Harry is this is much nastier, darker, tougher, & grittier. It is filmed with much more passion and honesty. Some scenes feel so realistic you'd think you're almost watching a cop documentary of someone's life as a cop, & dream of growing up to be a cop. Colin Farrell (Though I don't like him) gave a stunning performance in this, one of his best if you ask me. Ed Norton gave a blistering performance to. In fact, I'd only rate his performance as racist Nazi American Derek Vinyard higher. He showed to me that he is a great actor, and he can act so well when he gives it his all. The story mostly evolves around finding Angel Tezo, who is the target. The Tierney family which include Ray Tierney, his bro & sister, and her husband Jimmy Egan, along with Tierney Senior. I found the funeral part very gripping to watch, and the confrontations were intense throughout the movie between the cops. There is a lot of profanity which is understandable in a film like this. It is really entertaining and the acting is convincing and powerful. I would definitely encourage people who enjoy anything such as documentaries on cops or other cop thrilling films to buy this. I'm really pleased I bought this, it was well worth the cash. 8/10 is my final rating (Which means excellent). Don't miss this powerhouse of a cop film!
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