Since the new Edward Norton flick “Pride and Glory” focuses on the NYPD, I decided to rattle off the film’s cinematic crimes rather than deliver a standard review.

Take ‘em away, boys.

• Bad accents: Colin Farrell wasn’t born in The Bronx? You’d never know it after watching “P&G.” Why not just make Farrell’s character an immigrant and stop forcing him to hide his Irish brogue?
• Oh, brother: Are we really supposed to believe Norton is the brother of Noah Emmerich? And that their father is Jon Voight? Can’t a Hollywood movie cast actors who look vaguely alike one another?

• Unnecessary roughness: We don’t care if a film is running on empty – don’t stage a climactic fistfight just for the sake of busting up an Irish bar.
• Waste of resources: Jon Voight keeps popping up in movies these days, and he survives “P&G” with dignity intact. Not only does he serve up a solid New Yawk accent, he even delivers a credible drunk one mid-film. Still, his appearance amounts to a waste of natural resources.
• Recycling madness: We know Hollywood loves the green movement, but recycling every dirty cop cliche from the playbook doesn’t save a single tree.

(Photo: If you squint really hard Edward Norton (left) might look a tad like his on-screen brother, played by Noah Emmerich (right) in “Pride and Glory.”)

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