Review of Pride and Glory (2008) by Dawdlingpoet — 28 Nov 2021

This film features a lot of quite quiet/low (mumbled) dialogue which I found hard to follow. However, it is more characted focussed than action centric, which I prefer but I thought some aspects of the plot were a little unclear, although the general theme of crooked cops was fairly obvious. Its no wonder this film wasnt released for a fair while after 9/11 took place, as I believe is the case - crooked NYPD cops, just what would have cheered people up at that time but in any case, this film is ok. Its obviously a bit gritty and urban and it features quite a lot of shaky camerawork, which I don't particularly like. Its one thing if its in context, i.e. the plot equates to a lot of panic and shaky surroundings but this wasn't always the case and so I found it a bit distracting.

Ultimately it was the quiet dialogue that frustrated me most, so I'm only giving this a 5 out of 10 rating due to that issue and the shaky camerawork. Overall I wouldn't recommend this film, no.