The problem with Pride and Glory isn’t that it’s bad, it’s just nothing new or exceptional. If you’re going to do something that we’ve seen before, find a new edge, a new perspective, and new way to shoot it. Something. Gavin O’Connor just brings us another complex cop film that tries to use plot twists and violence to cover up for it’s otherwise dull story. Don’t get me wrong. I think the acting in the film was anything but dull. All of the actors turned in amazing performances. Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, and Jon Voight bring a brooding intensity to the film, that may make the film what it is. Without this cast, I probably would have been slurping down a large drink just for an excuse to go to the bathroom.

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The film stars Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, and Jon Voight. The story is about a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family’s moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney (Edward Norton), investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law (Colin Farrell). For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora’s Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD. Is this another cheesy cop movie or more?

Check out the trailer below. What do you think?

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