Review of Pride and Glory (2008) by Mloy X — 26 Oct 2013

Ray Tierney (Norton): Have a few nips this evening, pop?

Francis Tierney Sr (Voight): I had a glass of scotch, officer.

Ray Tierney (Norton): Just one, huh?

Francis Tierney Sr (Voight): I used that same glass, yeah.

The movie had an interesting story about corruption within the police force and it's really kind of scary to think about how the people who are supposed to be enforcing the law are able to abuse that power; but what's more scary is that this situation is not completely fictional (I've know a few corrupt cops). I was kind of surprise that Ed Norton actually played the hero while Colin Farrell played ***SPOILER ALERT*** the.

Villain, I had expected it to be reversed. But they both did a wonderful job and performed each of their parts nicely. Actually, the whole cast did a wonderful job, even cookie old John Voight, but mad props goes to Noah Emmerich, who played Francis Tierney Jr. His character although being completely dumb and seemed as guilty as Colin's Jimmy, was a bit more sympathetic because he was stupid enough to give the guys in his force the benefit of a doubt and really, truly believed that they respected the office as well as the badge as much he did. It's such a pity really. Overall, the movie was fast-paced and a little too excessive with the grit but I guess it goes with the territory when the storyline deals with drug-dealers; it's not gonna be rainbow and roses. Overall, it was good to watch once but I doubt if this is worthy of a second look.