The film carries its tone over into its video style. A veneer of grain sits over the film at all times. Black levels waver from time to time, revealing some artifacting in this VC-1 encode (around the hour and half mark). A few mild instances of edge enhancement are nothing to worry about.
Detail is exceptional, even when the film carries a murky, drab look. Contrast is excellent and never overblown, while sharpness remains high throughout. Flesh tones are accurate, although the deliberately grim look of the film doesn’t give the colors much pop. 
Given the lack of action, this TrueHD 5.1 mix establishes ambience early but then falters. The opening football game is loaded with the sound of a crowd in all five channels. Nicely immersive surround activity is noticeable inside the police station and the occasional street scene. It’s not consistent enough to be remarkable in any way. Dialogue can be mixed slightly low. Bass is all but non-existent, save for the rare musical cue when it nicely comes into play. 
Only one extra is included - an hour long documentary, Source of Pride, quite extensively detailing the shoot from its original concept to trouble with the studio and finished film. It’s excellent despite only being presented in SD. Still, there are no deleted scenes, BD-Live capability, or even a trailer or two.
Pride and Glory was set to go back in 2001 with Mark Wahlberg and Hugh Jackman. With 9/11, the studio rightfully halted production as they felt releasing a drama around the NYPD wasn’t proper. It was the right call by New Line.
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