Loyal, not honourable

Francis8217;s older son, Frannie Noah Emmerich, commands a rough precinct in Washington Heights. Frannie8217;s brother, Ray Edward Norton, once a hotshot detective, has withdrawn a little from career and family, tending to a scar on his face. Frannie and Ray have a sister named Megan Lake Bell, whose main function in this highly male-dominated movie is to be married to Jimmy Egan, a hotheaded street cop whose hobbies include breeding, smoking, football and 8211; since he8217;s played by Colin Farrell 8211; jittery displays of misdirected intensity.

But Jimmy is also, and most consequentially, mixed up in some dirty illegal business. Right under Frannie8217;s nose he has assembled a squad of thugs and shakedown artists who work with the city8217;s nastiest drug dealers. After four officers are killed during a raid gone bad, Ray is persuaded by his dad to head up the investigation, which leads him toward Jimmy and his crew, and also leads to some breathless shouting matches. Pride and Glory, which sat on the New Line Cinema shelves for a few years, is not especially good, but there is enough rough artistry in O8217;Connor8217;s direction to make you wish the film were better.