Is there such a thing as Kitchen Sink films featuring old men? The young men from the 60’s now belong to a different age bracket, so I guess we can point to this post-TIFF and now, post-AFM film deal as one of them. According to the trades, this year’s Gran Torino in the shape of Daniel Barber’s Harry Brown has been smoked out by Samuel Goldwyn Films. The pic which was considered a must see film by many buyers in Toronto just opened in theaters in the U.K..
Scripted by Gary Young, set in modern-day Britain, follows one man’s (Sir Michael Caine) journey through a chaotic world where drugs are the currency of the day and guns run the streets. A modest law-abiding citizen, Harry Brown is a retired Marine and a widower who lives alone on a depressed housing estate. His only company is his best friend Leonard (David Bradley). When Leonard is murdered by a gang of thugs, Harry feels compelled to act and is forced to dispense his own brand of justice. As he bids to clean up the run-down estate where he lives, his actions bring him into conflict with the police, led by investigating officer DCI Frampton (Emily Mortimer) and Charlie Creed-Miles.