SpuffyWeb
Sadly Over-hyped
Listonixio
Fresh and Exciting
Hayden Kane
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
NateWatchesCoolMovies
Pride & Glory is a gritty police melodrama that grabs the audience, shakes them till the point of concussion and wrings the life out of them with it's nonstop intensity and performances that could raise buildings to the ground. Think I'm exaggerating or overselling? Give it a go, it's fucking nuts. NYC cop dramas are a common occurrence out there, and have been for a long while, but something about this one just rings eerily true, rattles your cage and lets both the violence and corruption seep into the marrow of one's viewing experience. After a drug deal erupts into multiple murder, a family of cops is thrown in an uproar. Haggard straight arrow Edward Norton is on point of investigation by boozy patriarch Jon Voight, and ends up finding out way more than he bargained for not only in regards to the NYPD, but about his fellow cop brother (Colin Farrell) too. Their third brother (underrated Noah Emmerich) is too busy taking care of his sick wife (Jennifer Ehle) to notice the corruption, or maybe does and looks the other way. Every faction adds to the pressure cooker of an atmosphere, rooted in the familial relationships that can't withstand dangerous secrets. They should call the guy Colin Feral, because he's a right beast as a guy whose moral compass is so out of whack he doesn't know who he is anymore. The actor is fervently complex in his work, and makes the guy way more human than other performers would, but he's still terrifying, whether threatening a newborn baby with a hot iron or full on brawling with Norton in a fracas of a man to man bar-fight. Voight is one of those characters who is so corrupt he doesn't even notice it anymore, which is a dangerous avenue to arrive at when you're in such a position of power. The supporting cast is pockmarked with fiery work from terrific actors including super underrated Carmen Ejogo, Wayne Duvall, John Ortiz, Lake Bell and two arresting turns from reliable firebrands Frank Grillo and Shea Wigham. Built around a script by Joe Carnahan, who feeds off of authentic dialogue and realistic shaping of events, this is one that pulls you right into it's suffocating world of beleaguered sentinels of law enforcement whose eyes have become dim to that thin blue line separating order and madness. Brilliant, heavy stuff.
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.
SnoopyStyle
Four NYPD cops are down in a drug bust gone wrong. Ray Tierney (Edward Norton) heads the investigation. It's what his father ex-cop brass Francis Sr (Jon Voight) wants. The four are his brother Francis Jr (Noah Emmerich)'s men. As Ray digs, he finds corruption in the department that has entangled his family. Jimmy Egan (Colin Farrell) is his brother-in-law who leads a group of corrupted cops.It's a gritty crime drama with lots of top notch acting talents. The acting is good, but there is nothing here that is new or surprising. Writer/director Gavin O'Connor has infused this movie with a grimy messy style. The tone is dark. The story is a little bit confused with a few too many characters' POV and is also somewhat formulaic. It's a movie that has been done better elsewhere.
tieman64
Bombastic, clichéd, over-acted and poorly written, "Pride and Glory" is nevertheless hilarious for the sheer number of unnecessary swear words it manages to pack into each sentence. This movie unleashes profanity like a freight train full of F bombs. And when our cast aren't vomiting obscenities, they're delivering the most overcooked dialogue possible: "I was a good man once!" one tormented police officer yells. "We took a pledge to uphold something honest, but we let it rot!" It's like Shakespeare with a badge and a side order of dumb.Director Gavin O'Connor and actors Edward Norton and Colin Farrell strain mightily to convince us that this is a "gritty", "realistic" and "important" tale. It's not. "Pride and Glory's" tale of police corruption – which itself misses the larger point that law enforcement is intrinsically corrupt as a social institution - can be found everywhere these days, especially in the straight-to-DVD market. "Glory" gets the glory simply because of its A-list cast and big studio financing.4/10 - Compared to serious crime drama like "The Wire", or good, modern crime pulp by David Ayer, "Pride and Glory" is mostly junk. See too "Serpico", "Prince of the City" and "Q and A". Worth no viewings.
