‘Triple 9’ is only a flesh wound
‘Triple 9’ is a frustrating near-miss that falters beneath the weight of its own ambitions.
‘Triple 9’ is a frustrating near-miss that falters beneath the weight of its own ambitions.
The procedural crime thriller, tales of murder investigation and corruption, a hallmark of hard boiled fiction from the 1970’s onwards, has tailed off. This is particularly frustrating when such a film emerges that should really have been a shot in the arm but was instead a bullet in the head. Step forward the hugely promising and ultimately disappointing Pride and Glory, a true Jekyll and Hyde.