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Let´s call this movie a special blend of arty sociological youth urban crime and vigilante thriller. And on top of that, the cherry of an action flick protagonized by an elderly (or pensioner as they keep calling him ). Ain´t that alternative or what?
Of course it doesnt work as good as it could but it´s interesting and has lot of good moments. It even has a "The Wire" element mixed in there. The best characters of the movie are indeed the villains, not because they are interesting but because you can believe them enough to want them wiped out asap and in pieces if possible.
The protagonist, mr. Caine, is one of my old favourites (pun intented)from the seventies but here he just cant deliver the acting the movie asks from him and that´s the problem this shouldnt have been a movie about an old man playing rambo. The worst scene is the one when he gets his guns, all the realism and tension built implodes and it just goes cracy and the plot looses grip. After that the movie struggles to keep some balance by adding chaos and some extra violence to the mix (and that works better than expected).
Of course in the end they kick in a plot twist and all goes to hell nicely. The more or less happy ending of the movie doesnt feel right. The problem is that the alternative would have been too predictable. This script was incapable, perhaps, of a satisfactory ending
Extra Info: Ms. Mortimer plays a different type of cop (for a different type of murderer) and it´s nice to see a policewoman in a sea full of supersluttycops. She acts alright but not as good as the character needed to work. The rest of the cast blends perfectly in this "english projects" scenario both cops and criminals.
7/10
