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Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

March. 04,2010
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6.7
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| Drama Thriller Crime
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Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.

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Jeanskynebu
2010/03/04

the audience applauded

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Protraph
2010/03/05

Lack of good storyline.

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FeistyUpper
2010/03/06

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Dirtylogy
2010/03/07

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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cinemajesty
2010/03/08

Movie Review: "Brooklyn's Finest" (2009)Produced and directed with the best intentions by director Antoine Fuqua to create a masterful hyper-realistic crime-thriller including three strong leading men Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle and Richard Gere and a special appearance by Wesley Snipes as prison-released character of Caz; nevertheless this movie premiering on January 16th 2009 at Sundance Film Festival and then parked for another year in some non-realized distribution deal-in-the-making ambience with picture-neglecting deep-industry-connected producers John Thompson and Basil Iwanyk, who hardly convinced director Antoine Fuqua to deliver empathetic meaning within a overly-structured storyline of three cops in the service for more or less in favors for the New York Police Force, when stark realities hit in feminine-state-of-existence-denying scenes of violence with gun, fist and up talking mouths that this well-crafted but utterly cold crime-thriller in its unbalanced 125-Minute-Editorial by cutter Barbara Tulliver vanishes from the spectre's mind as soon as curtains roll.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

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seymourblack-1
2010/03/09

The extraordinary pressures confronted by three very different NYPD officers provide the basis for this hard-hitting cop drama which, despite covering familiar ground, does a good job of making its audience think about what's asked of these men, the value of their work to society and the poor ways in which they're rewarded. Their individual stories are skilfully interwoven in a way that seems very natural until they all eventually meet up in the movie's highly dramatic climax.Veteran beat cop Eddie Dugan (Richard Gere) is just trying to get through his last week before retirement in the most uneventful way possible. He's depressed, burnt-out and suicidal having been broken by everything he's had to deal with over his 22-year career and his lack of enthusiasm for his work isn't understood or appreciated by the rookies who he's been instructed to mentor in one of Brooklyn's most challenging neighbourhoods. He's become used to the lack of respect that he gets from his colleagues and the only breaks he gets from his misery are when he hits the bottle or when he visits his good-natured hooker called Chantel (Shannon Kane).Drug squad detective Sal Procida (Ethan Hawke) is frustrated by not being paid enough to support his wife and family despite the fact that he works hard in an extremely dangerous job. He's desperate to move out of his current mould-infested accommodation as it will soon become too small for his growing family and is anxious about the effect that the mould is having on the health of his asthmatic wife and one of their children. For some time, Sal has been stealing money he recovers during the drug raids he leads, but the fact that even this doesn't provide him with enough to make his first payment on a new home, drives him into even more criminality. Despite being a Catholic who's devoted to his faith, he habitually rationalises what he does because it's for the benefit of his family.Detective Tango Butler (Don Cheadle) is an undercover cop who has, for some considerable time, been posing as a drug dealer in a large-scale operation. He's close to cracking under the pressure of what he's doing because he's starting to feel more loyalty to the people he lives and works with rather than his superior officers who regularly promise him a promotion that repeatedly fails to materialise. His torment is then made even worse when he's instructed to set up drug kingpin Caz Phillips (Wesley Snipes). This is because Tango can't bring himself to betray his friend who'd previously saved his life but also, he knows that if he doesn't, he'll have no chance of promotion or escaping his current, increasingly unbearable circumstances.The ways in which these three men try to deal with their problems at the same time as confronting the day to day dangers of their work, makes this a very intense, gritty and tragic drama which shows how easy it can be to lose sight of the lines between right and wrong. This is essentially a character-driven piece and as such, benefits hugely from having a terrific cast of actors on board. Gere, Hawke and Cheadle are all excellent as they depict the anguish that their characters go through and Wesley Snipes' contribution is also very memorable.

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Python Hyena
2010/03/10

Brooklyn's Finest (2009): Dir: Antoine Fuqua / Cast: Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle, Wesley Snipes, Lili Taylor: Excellent cop drama thriller about image. It follows three distinctive cops who are poised to go the wrong directions. Richard Gere plays a veteran officer of 32 years who is a week away from retirement but hates his job. His only friend seems to be a prostitute. He guzzles liquor in the morning and forces himself to undertake the daily tasks, which includes rookie training. During one of his down moments he is redeemed when he comes across a sex dungeon where three women are held prisoner. Ethan Hawke plays an officer who is married and has two children and twins on the way. He murders drug dealers and steals the money to pay for a home for his family. Unlike Gere who will find redemption, Hawke further falls from grace until ultimate consequence take effect. Don Cheadle plays an undercover officer who yearns for a desk job. He is promised such if he sets up a criminal friend who just got out of prison. When he decides against the setup it is too late and he learns what true law corruption is. Wesley Snipes plays a criminal whom Cheadle is reluctant to bring down due to a past friendship. This is one of the best performances by Snipes who is not guilty, but deemed guilty only by law officials. Lili Taylor plays Hawke's wife who is pregnant with twins and worried about their living conditions. Directed with insight by Antoine Fuqua who previously made Training Day. The film examines the flaws of these officers and the duties they are assigned to fulfil. Score: 10 / 10

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med_1978
2010/03/11

There are so many clichés in this thriller, which somewhat overshadows some fine performances.Don Cheadle plays the cop undercover who feels a strong allegiance to a drug dealer (Wesley Snipes) that saved his life. He is trying to get out of the game, due to what it has cost him in terms of his family. He wants to make detective first grade, but he has to betray his friend in order to attain the life he wants.Ethan Hawke plays a cop who is breaking the law in order and taking money from drugs raids in order to save up to buy a house for sick wife & his growing family.Richard Gere play a burnt out cop with only a week left to retirement. He's seeing a prostitute whom he eventually falls for and drinking a lot. He is forced to take on a rookie partner due to a new training programme brought in. He tells his seniors he doesn't want this that he is not someone to look up to and a role model for the younger officers but they tell him its a new programme and he fits the requirements due to his experience.

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