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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: New Line Home Video
Salesrank: 39958
Released: January 27, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight and Noah Emmerich star in a gritty, tension-packed tale of a multigenerational family of cops facing hard realities and tough choices. Set and filmed in Manhattans Washington Heights, Pride and Glory draws you into a grippingly raw real world...and into a house divided.
Description of Pride and Glory (Two-Disc Special Edition):
Like a forgotten, one-and-only season of a 1980s television show about an Irish-American family of cops, Pride and Glory is full of ambition but lacks the storytelling instinct to realize the goal. Edward Norton stars as Ray Tierney, a New York City police detective whose father, Francis Sr. (Jon Voight), boss of all Manhattan detectives, pressures him into investigating the murder of four officers. Ray's efforts uncover a corruption scandal centered around his brother-in-law, Jimmy (Colin Farrell), a beat cop whose commander happens to be, of course, Ray's brother, Francis Jr. (Noah Emmerich). As Ray pushes forward, Jimmy's self-protective instinct goes savage, and the rest of the Tierney males shift to cover-up mode. Co-writers Joe Carnahan (Narc) and Gavin O'Connor (Miracle), who also directs this film, make a fatal mistake by forcing every element in a long story to further a prefabricated narrative shape, leading to the conclusion they want. But they can't pull it off without awkward transitions and bridges, including the perfunctory inclusion of an intrepid reporter who conveniently breezes in and out of the movie long enough to explain Ray's back story aloud. A monstrous scene involving Farrell holding a steaming iron (prop or not) over a baby's face is inexcusable. --Tom Keogh
Pride and Glory (Two-Disc Special Edition) Reviews:
NOT SO FINE 
2009-12-21 - Gritty but muddled corrupt cop opus. The script is rather heavy handed and the climactic fistfight and ending just come across totally unrealistic. Its strongest assets are its powerful acting: Edward Norton's idealistic Ray; Colin Farrell's loutish Jimmy; Jon Voight's ironhanded Francis; Noah Emmerich's conflicted Franny; Jennifer Ehle's cancer-stricken wife; and Frank Grillo and Shea Wigham as the corrupt cops.
The movie has some tense moments but ultimately doesn't meet expectations.
Wow, F-bomb city, horrible tasteless scenes. 
2009-12-14 - I admit i curse a bit, but when i popped this movie in, about 1 minutes into it i already felt ashamed. I mean literally every other word is F, or GD, or Csucker, you name it its here. Tactful use of words can be done an executed very well, take phone booth for example, it was pretty filthy as far as language, but it stopped at times to give you a break and it was a great story and tasteful movie. This is just bad bad bad, two brothers on different ends of the spectrum such as cane vs able, one good cop one not so good. Not to spoil it but a certain person got his own men killed and now has to weasel his way out of it somehow, and use his own flesh and blood to try and do so. John Voight(DAD), is a great actor but even he was not immune from the bad dialog and horrible language. Getting to the end i will say the worst part of this entire film and why people watch this crap and think nothing of it, is just staggering to me. Colin Farrell takes his men into a suspected dealers home(Mexican of course), the mom is holding the baby, he's so angry that he doesnt even care and punches the woman in the face while she's holding the baby, as the baby cries(note YES its a REAL BABY). He proceeds to take a clothing iron and put it over top of the tiny infant, and threatens to burn it by pushing it down on its face, either killing it or permenantly scarring it for life. Come on Colin, how much money were they paying you to do such a degrading and tasteless scene. I've heard of pushing the envelope but this is just to far, now how many psychos out there will get the idea hey, i think i'll stick a scorching hot iron over my babys face, and deform it for life. Todays movies just take things to far, and people just except it for what it is, thats sad. This is getting worse and worse as time goes on. The movie itself is VERY drawn out, even though the acting is pretty good, it can't save the muddled script even with the great Edward Norton at the helm. So don't waste your time with this one unless you just want a movie chocked full of bad language, violence, and senseless acts or cruelty. Basically thats all this movie has to offer. Move on to something better.
And for the record, are there any decent films with good stories anymore that DONT have f-ing throughout? Try No Country for Old Men, its clever, suspenseful, and great acting, and 2 curse words really through the whole film naybe 3. Also yes it won an oscar. Lets get more of those out there!!
Great Product 
2009-12-09 - Came in sooner than expected, especially with free shipping! Will do business again. Amazon.com is GREAT!
Strong Casting but No Bite
2009-11-08 - Pride & Glory could've been so much better. The script seems to telegraph everything that we've seen in cops-turned-bad movies. More twists and suspense could have made this an edgier tale. Maybe if Scorcese had directed it. As it is, it's by-the-numbers cop themed thriller, a genre that needs revitalising. My partner watched it and loved Edward Norton so that could be a reason to watch for you. Otherwise, I wouldn't really bother.
pride an glory
2009-11-05 - Way, Way, Way too much cussing. I got so sick and tired of the "f" word. I don't think that they were able to complete a full sentence without saying that word over and over and over. Like I said ...way too much cussing. The movie had a great storyline and exceptional actors.
