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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.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for bloody violence throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, drug content and pervasive language

Runtime: 2 hr. 13 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama

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. 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

Starring: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Will Patton, Lili Taylor, Brian F. O'Byrne, Shannon Kane, Ellen Barkin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Kenneth Williams, Wass W. Stevens, Armando Riesco, Wade Allain-Marcus, Logan Marshall-Green, Hassan Johnson, Jas Anderson, John D'Leo, George DeNoto, Alison Cordaro, Francesca Carchia, Raquel Castro, Stella Maeve, Gwen Stith, Joshua Thompson, Bruce MacVittie, Robert John Burke, Jerry Speziale, Sarah Thompson, Rodney "Bear" Jackson, Cle "Bone" Sloan, Michael Pemberton, Zaire Paige, Gregory Young, Randy Eastman, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Alain Lautre, Joseph Adams, Alok Tewari, Matlok, Zachary Fuqua, Lela Rochon, Ed Moran, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Leonid Citer, Nicoye Banks, Tobias Truvillion, Tawny Cypress, Jeanine Ramirez, Rosalyn Coleman, Paul Diomede, Diana Bologna, Will Stewart

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Screenwriter: Michael C. Martin, Brad Kane
Producer: Elie Cohn
Distributor: Overture Films

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For all its powerful moments (of which there are many), it feels too calculated and pre-programmed in its downward spiral.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
Jul 9, 2010
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
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Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Daily Telegraph
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Jul 6, 2010
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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
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Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
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Jul 6, 2010
Chris Bumbray
Chris Bumbray
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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
Jun 27, 2010
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

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.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
Jun 16, 2010
Andrew O'Hagan
Andrew O'Hagan
This is London

It’s played with considerable intensity -- by Hawke especially.

Full Review Source: Uncut Magazine [UK] | comment Comment
Jun 16, 2010
Tom Charity
Tom Charity
Uncut Magazine [UK]

It is certainly the best film director Antoine Fuqua has made since he last traced the thin blue line with Oscar winner Training Day.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
Jun 14, 2010
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

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.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
Jun 14, 2010
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman

An ugly, fatuous, macho piece of self-regarding, self-pitying nonsense about New York cops.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
Jun 10, 2010
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

Although slick and occasionally tense, it's also downright predictable and occasionally boring. In fact, top Gere it ain't.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment 2 Comments
Jun 10, 2010
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

Strong direction and acting can’t compensate for an insubstantial script.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
Jun 10, 2010
Alice Levick
Alice Levick
Little White Lies

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.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
Jun 10, 2010
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

A well made and acted film but ultimately rather pointless.

Full Review Source: Birmingham Post | comment Comment
Jun 9, 2010
Roz Laws
Roz Laws
Birmingham Post

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.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment Comment
Jun 9, 2010
Ben Rawson-Jones
Ben Rawson-Jones
Digital Spy

Each of the three stories of cops in extremis is schematic, formulary, hokey.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
Jun 9, 2010
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
 
 
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