Review of Harry Brown (2009) by Dragonfly44 — 26 Jan 2019

Harry Brown is gruesome and well acted with a particulary awesome opening scene but unfortunately just feels like it has no real purpose.

This review of Harry Brown (2009) was written by Dragonfly44 on 26 Jan 2019.

Harry Brown has generally received positive reviews.

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