Review: Pride and Glory
OK, so I am a HUGE fan of cop dramas for some reason. I don’t really know what the attraction is but if there are cops, I’m there. So as soon as I saw the badge in the previews for this movie I knew I had to see it. I ended up just renting it because I didn’t hear anything about it after I saw that one preview… now I know why.
Plot summary from Netflix:
A corruption scandal fractures a family of New York City cops in this generational drama about homicide detective Ray Tierney (Edward Norton), who’s tasked with investigating a precinct run by his brother (Noah Emmerich). As if that weren’t enough, Ray’s fellow officer and best friend (Colin Farrell) may turn out to be dirty.
The movie was just OK, but it should have been great. The storyline had great potential but for some reason it was just not properly executed.
First of all, I did not connect with any of the characters and that is a biggie for me. I love when movies have great character development so you really feel for them and this movie had absolutely none. I didn’t even know who some of the main characters were and how they were all related until half way through the movie which is ridiculous.
I thought it had some pretty good acting but I did not like Edward Norton for the character he played… that was a strange casting choice. He doesn’t scream “rough street cop” to me, he seems too small and scrawny. I don’t know.
In the end I’m glad I watched it but it reminded me a lot of We Own the Night. They had a lot of similarities and they both should have been a great cop movies and they both fell short. I can’t exactly pinpoint what was wrong with this movie but the biggest thing that sticks out is the lack of character development which led to me not really caring about what was going on as much as I could have.
My Rating:
Just So-So
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