As attentive readers will have noticed, Michael Caine signed up for Harry Brown back in September and we've got pics of Caine on location in a suitably dank part of London, looking focused as the titular antihero. Billed as an urban Western, the film sees Caine play the titular Harry Brown, an ex-Marine (which explains the pea coat) and widower forced to journey through a seedy world of drugs and guns to take revenge for the brutal death of his best friend at the hands of a gang of thugs. To our ears it sounds like it's pitched somewhere between Get Carter and Gran Turino - Brown is an ex-Marine so we'd expect  his line in vengeance to be fairly no-nonsense, although whether he channels Jack Carter's ice-blooded amorality remains to be seen. Caine joins Emily Mortimer and Liam Cunningham, alongside a wealth of up-and-comers including Adulthood's Plan B, Jack O'Connell (Eden Lake), Joseph Gilgun (This Is England) and Sean Harris (24 Hour Party People), at least some of who will presumably go toe-to-toe with Caine's vengeful pensioner. Harry Brown is the debut feature for director Daniel Barber, who was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2008 Oscars for The Tonto Woman.

Phil de Semlyen

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Same subway
From the images shown, does anyone else think that's exactly the same subway that was used in The Order Of The Phoenix? ... Read More movie_manic_1983 About me
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go get 'em Maurice! ... Read More leroythemasochist About me
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Caine has done some great supporting roles over the last few years and like Clint in Gran Torino can do this type of role (Brit style) really well. Anyone remember Blue Ice 10/15 years ago when he tried something similar? Lets hope the budget and script do him justice. ... Read More bagrot1 About me
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'Gran Turino'??? Don't you mean, Gran Torino. ... Read More Soona About me
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oh Empire.. you're going senile in your old age, you announced this film way back last September ... Read More jameswhaleofatime About me
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