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.
Warrior Directed by Gavin O’Connor Screenplay by Gavin O’Connor, Anthony Tambakis & Cliff Dorfman USA, 2011 There’s always an element of mystery when viewing films for this column, a naïve and hopelessly romantic despairing at the fact that an absolute gift of a movie is neglected by the masses, especially when said motion picture is …
Warrior Directed by Gavin O’Connor Written by Gavin O’Connor, Anthony Tambakis and Cliff Dorfman, based on a story by Gavin O’Connor and Cliff Dorfman USA, 2011 imdb Is there anything sadder than a movie that never achieves its potential? Like a university star athlete who fizzles in the majors, Warrior is a film with a …