Offers little that Scorsese doesn’t offer with more élan and wit.
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12/14/07
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We Own The Night (2007)
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Reviews Counted:137
Fresh:74
Rotten:63
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Bland characters, clichéd dialogue and rickety plotting ensure We Own The Night never lives up to its potential.
Theatrical Release:Oct 12, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $28,563,179
Synopsis: Director James Gray (THE YARDS) posits two distinctly different brothers--Joseph (Mark Wahlberg) and Bobby Grusinsky (Joaquin Phoenix)--as the central characters in this crime-infested thriller.... [More]
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall
Director: James Gray
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Reviews for We Own The Night
It is a little cumbersome with plenty of macho-sentimentalism, and the ending is frankly contrived. But go and see it for the car chase.
12/14/07
Stylishly directed by James Gray, this dark film does a great job portraying the violent gang scene of 1980s New York. More sophisticated than most cop flicks.
12/14/07
Top CriticThe always charismatic Phoenix is the highlight; he carries the film, rising above the occasionally uninspired dialogue and plotting to give a powerhouse turn as a man caught between ambition and duty.
12/14/07
Quality actors Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg and Robert Duvall do their best to breathe life into a deeply average cop thriller/family drama.
12/14/07
A grown-up thriller about morality and the consequences of choice, We Own The Night harks back to an earlier era. A cast of heavy-hitters give it all a solid, polished sheen.
12/14/07
Heartfelt performances from all the leads, certainly. Top 80s tunes and a thrilling car chase in the pouring rain.
12/13/07
The kind of movie you feel you’ve seen before when you’re watching it for the first time, Gray’s latest never once surprises. But it’s intelligent and well-crafted enough to make you prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt.
12/13/07
A desperate violence and urgency spills out in the film’s flash-point set-pieces – not least a sensational car chase, shot through a windscreen, hammering rain and a blur of fear.
12/13/07
This just can’t compete in an arena with the likes of The Departed - which at least makes a point of its contrived storyline - let alone the high watermark set for cops vs. drugs drama by the TV series The Wire.
12/13/07
Tawdry, pulpy, nuts-and-bolts cop thriller.
12/13/07
ngaging, impressively directed crime thriller with a sharply written script and strong performances from its three leads.
12/13/07
...suffers from an overly deliberate pace that ultimately prevents the viewer from fully connecting with the material.
11/14/07
Once again finds Gray breathing gritty, electric life into a conventional tale.
11/01/07
With a few tweaks here and there it could have been something special.
11/01/07
As a whole, the film feels both too earnest and overly simplistic in its approach to the various moral dilemmas.
10/27/07
... successfully harkens to the best cop dramas of the '70s, when brutal realism shocked audiences and over-the-top action was confined to car chases.
10/23/07
Well-acted but very bloody crime drama.
10/22/07
Gray keeps his picture interesting with a handful of inspired action scenes
10/21/07
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