Review: 'Dragged Across Concrete,' with Mel Gibson, is both moody cop thriller and glib provocation
You might not guess from the title, but "Dragged Across Concrete" is, on one level, the tale of two long-suffering families, both in dire need of salvation, or at least a big payday. Mel Gibson is Brett Ridgeman, a grizzled police detective facing a six-week suspension, the latest bout of bad news for him; his chronically ill wife, Melanie (Laurie Holden); and their teenage daughter. Tory Kittles plays Henry Johns, a thief who returns home from prison to find his mom, a heroin addict, prostituting herself in the small apartment she shares with his disabled younger brother.
