Sir Michael Caine's Ideas To Reduce Street Violence

British actor Sir Michael Caine is calling on the U.K.’s leaders to reinstate national service in an effort to reduce street violence and drug-taking amongst young people.

Caine’s eyes were opened to the problems facing youth in some areas while filming his newest movie, Harry Brown.

“I’m very stodgy but I’m turning into a real conservative,” he said. "What you actually need to do is bring back national service; not for two years like I did – where I went to the Korean War, but have six months to learn to defend your country.

“You don’t kill anybody; you just learn to defend your country in case somebody comes to kill you. I think it’s very important that these kids get the sense of being citizens and the pride that can come with that.”

“When I read the script I had a middle class reaction, which is to get all these bastards and stick them into prison. I shot a lot at night there with all the guys known as hoodies and I would talk to them and I changed my mind about them.

“I realized that 75 per cent of them are educateable (sic).”