If only for its proximity in time, this naturally calls to mind Gran Torino. But the vigilante-revenge plot brings it closer to a geriatric Death Wish, with a widowed pensioner in a London slum arming himself against Clockwork Orange ultra-violent youth and drawing on his training in the Royal Marines to avenge the murder of his chess mate. Michael Caine, to be sure, is no Clint Eastwood, nor was he ever a Charles Bronson, but he does set off a few faint echoes from the Harry Palmer spy films, Get Carter, The Destructors, et al. The gray and gritty surface and the elevated social consciousness do not diminish the implausibility. With Emily Mortimer, David Bradley, Ben Drew; directed by Daniel Barber. (2010) — Duncan Shepherd
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