Yes, Pride and Glory has Colin Farrell and Edward Norton (both selling points, in my opinion), but it also has a tagline that's so long I lost interest before I got all the way through it ("Truth. Honor. Loyalty. Family. What are you willing to sacrifice?"). And, no, it's not my short attention span. I have a perfectly normal-sized attention span, but not for taglines. They're supposed to be short and snappy. The trailer makes the movie look mildly interesting. Edward Norton's the good-guy cop trying to figure out who killed a bunch of other cops. Turns out it might have been another cop, Colin Farrell, who also happens to be Norton's brother-in-law. But Norton's good through and through, so he doesn't want to cover anything up, even if it's his own family -- and pretty much everyone in the movie is Norton's family; the old, wise detective played by Jon Voight is his father and another cop, Noah Emmerich, is his brother -- or the pride and glory of the honorable police force.
It's getting sort of ridiculous that so many movies are still focused on characters who want to protect the badge or pretend there's no corruption in the police force. I think we've all seen enough films-- or read enough actual headlines -- that none of us are buying it anymore (if we ever did). Still, it will probably entertain. It looks intense. Everyone's brooding and volatile. My only issue is that, judging from the trailer, Farrell seems to be portraying an American. But have you met Colin Farrell? (I realize you probably haven't; I haven't either, but you know what I mean) He has the thickest Irish accent in the history of Ireland, or at least it has to be right up there. He tries mightily to cover it up for this movie, judging by the trailer. But something that powerful just will not go away easily. It keeps on leaking through. And if I'm distracted enough by that in the trailer, I'm pretty sure it's going to be noticeable in the movie. (Unless they say he's Irish in the movie; then this subtle Irish accent is forgiven.)
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i'm not sure about the acccent thing though...i really enjoyed swat and the recruit, and i didn't think the accent leaked through...i guess we'll have to see.
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