Sir Michael Caine is going back to his roots with the vigilante crime drama Harry Brown. I first heard about this over at one of my favourite film blogs, Popcorn and Sticky Floors, but at the time they weren’t even sure if it was in production so I promptly forgot about it, if only to keep from having my dreams shattered. However, Ain’t it Cool News has posted an interview with Caine in which he confims that the movie has wrapped and, in the words of Caine himself, it’s as if “Jack Carter got old and they picked on the wrong guy…”

Get Carter is one of my favourite crime dramas, as it should be for all right thinking people, so a return to form is exciting news indeed. One complication that could either help or hinder the film is comparisons to Gran Torino, another vigilante film starring an icon of the 60s and 70s. While I can see some people being turned off by the similarities, I’m sure at least a few enjoyed the taste they got from Gran Torino and would like more, this writer included. I leave it to you, can we ever have enough movies about senior citizens punching out children?

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