Life of Crime (film) critics. Life of Crime (film) Life of Crime is a 2013 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Daniel Schechter, based on Elmore Leonard's novel "The Switch" (1978), which includes characters later revisited in his novel "Rum Punch" (1992), which was adapted into the Quentin Tarantino film "Jackie Brown" (1997). "Life of Crime" was screened on the closing night 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, at the 2014 Traverse City Film Festival and released in theaters on August 29, 2014. In Detroit in 1978, stoic socialite Mickey Dawson becomes
Harry Brown (film) Harry Brown (film) Harry Brown is a 2009 British vigilante action-thriller film directed by Daniel Barber and starring Sir Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jack O'Connell, and Liam Cunningham. The story follows Harry Brown, a widowed Royal Marines veteran who had served in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, living on a London housing estate that is rapidly descending into youth crime. After a violent gang murders his friend, Harry decides to take justice into his own hands. The film also features actor and rapper Plan B who, with Chase & Status, is also responsible for the film's theme music track "End