Preview: Pride & Glory (2008)

• Poster: C-

Review:

Big, blocky lettering, minimal face time with the stars, the title is far too oppressive to be attractive and the scene selected does very little to accentuate the film's positive qualities.

• Trailer: C; C+

Review:

This looks like another attempt to mimic the good cop/bad cop genre, which we have The Departed to thank for re-energizing. It certailny doesn't look any more interesting than We Own the Night, yet this one at least has Colin Ferrell, who's nothing if not interesting. However, Ed Norton does look a bit self-indulgent in the trailer.

Expanding the trailer out to full-length does not improve my feelings on the project. While it at least looks a tad more interesting and more rife for twists, it still remains a conventional pot boiler with Oscar aspirations considering the recent return to the late-2008 slate.

Oscar Prospects:

It looks like your typical cop pot boiler. Since We Own the Night isn't exactly catching fire with critics or audiences, I doubt this film will be able to earn Oscar nods releasing so early in the year.

Release Date:

• October 24, 2008

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (December 22, 2007) Original

-Wesley Lovell (January 26, 2008) New Release Date (Changed from 3/14/08)

-Wesley Lovell (August 17, 2008) New Trailer; New Release Date (changed from 2009)

-Wesley Lovell (September 28, 2008) New Poster