Pride and Glory

This is a cop drama through my LoveFilm subscription. A compromised detective, Ray Tierny (Edward Norton), is asked by his father (Jon Voight) to investigate the killing of four officers under his brother's (Noah Emmerich) command.

What might have been a fairly mundane film is elevated by both Norton and Colin Farrell as Ray's corrupt and out-of-control brother-in-law. The support is also excellent, especially Emmerich as a commander realising he's no longer in control. Recommended.

The Bourne Legacy - Thriller in Manila

Another from my LoveFilm subscription, in the wake of the exposure of the CIA assassin programs Treadstone and Blackbriar through Jason Bourne, another program is being shut down...

A sort-of remake of the original movie, with Jeremy Renner as the genetically enhanced assassin and Rachel Weisz as the doctor caught up in the fallout. It's got some really good action sequences, and such a good car/motorbike chase it ought to have been called Drive. The supporting cast is good, lead by Edward Norton, but despite being a reasonable pizza movie, there's always a comparison with the original, so much so that there are references to events from the Bourne Ultimatum going on in the background. It's as if to say, "you're watching this, but there's a much better movie going on over there."