For all its powerful moments (of which there are many), it feels too calculated and pre-programmed in its downward spiral.
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Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
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Reviews Counted:131
Fresh:56
Rotten:75
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: It's appropriately gritty, and soaked in the kind of palpable tension Antoine Fuqua delivers so well, but Brooklyn's Finest suffers from the comparisons its cliched script provokes.
Theatrical Release: Mar 5, 2010 Wide
Box Office: $26.7M
Synopsis: Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. [More]
Starring: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes
Director: Antoine Fuqua
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Jul 6, 2010
Not likely to go over too well with Mayor Bloomberg and his tourism bureau, is this tabloid cinema crooked cop thriller and ghetto housing project horror spree looking worse than an Afghan war zone on a bad day.
Jun 27, 2010
The drama doesn’t just move between the three cops, it prowls between them, occasionally pouncing, and the film builds up quite a bit of tension.
Jun 16, 2010
It’s played with considerable intensity -- by Hawke especially.
Jun 16, 2010
It is certainly the best film director Antoine Fuqua has made since he last traced the thin blue line with Oscar winner Training Day.
Jun 14, 2010
Fuqua has delivered his satirical masterpiece, a film that exposes every cop-movie cliché in the book by deploying every cop-movie cliché in the book, all the while -- and this is the genius part -- pretending that no-one has ever done this stuff before.
Jun 14, 2010
An ugly, fatuous, macho piece of self-regarding, self-pitying nonsense about New York cops.
Jun 10, 2010
Although slick and occasionally tense, it's also downright predictable and occasionally boring. In fact, top Gere it ain't.
Jun 10, 2010
Strong direction and acting can’t compensate for an insubstantial script.
Jun 10, 2010
This darkly shaded cop drama has an effectively moody tone, although it never feels any more gritty or realistic than a TV series. And despite solid acting, the plot feels both contrived and rather lethargic.
Jun 10, 2010
A well made and acted film but ultimately rather pointless.
Jun 9, 2010
It makes for a reasonably absorbing watch and is a potent reminder of the underappreciated talents of several members of the cast and crew. It's just a shame that the storyline and characterisation lacks sufficient spark and innovation.
Jun 9, 2010
Each of the three stories of cops in extremis is schematic, formulary, hokey.
Jun 9, 2010
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