Pride and Glory
Pride and Glory is a generational cop film that degenerates quickly. It does feature fine performances from the top down – the top being the family patriarch Francis Tierney (John Voight) a career cop whose two sons Francis Jr (Noah Emmerich) and Ray (Edward Norton) also serve as two of New York’s finest. His daughter Megan (Lake Bell) is not on the force but her husband Jimmy (Colin Farrell) is. In short order we find out that Jimmy is on the take while Francis Jr’s is distracted from his command position because his brave wife Abby (Jennifer Ehle) is a terminal cancer patient. When 3 NYPD officers show up dead in a crack house Francis Sr presses the reluctant Ray to abandon stress leave to head up the investigation. Early on we find out that the brutally sadistic Jimmy had a part to play in the three blue uniforms down and when the incredulous Ray makes the connection with his brother in law he’s under a lot of pressure to honour blood ties. Fans of gritty cop movies may find this glorious but cynics of formulaic films may not feel that Price and Glory is anything to be proud of.