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Oct 11, 2007 · 'We Own the Night" was the slogan of the New York police in the 1980s, painted on the sides of their squad cars as a promise to take back the night from the drug trade. It might have been premature. In James Gray's new film of the same name, the battle for control of the night is undecided, and brothers from the same family find themselves on opposite sides.
New York/Irish/Polish good old boys cops vs local drug guys (foreign). So much foreshadowing made the film predictable. The best friend and all the “brother” references clearly setting up for betrayal.
Oct 12, 2007 · Advertise With Us. In 1988, New York's police wage an all-out war on drugs, and guilty and innocent alike become casualties. Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix), manager of a nightclub that is often ...
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Jul 5, 2018 · James Gray’s Joaquin Phoenix– and Mark Wahlberg–starring 2007 effort, newly added to Netflix, is one of the best cop movies of the decade, and is perhaps a superior movie to more decorated ...
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Oct 12, 2007 · We Own the Night: Directed by James Gray. With Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Danny Hoch, Alex Veadov. A New York City nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian Mafia hitmen.
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This is a man's movie: gritty, macho, and lacking in grace. Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 6, 2010. Gabe Leibowitz Film and Felt. If We Own the Night is flawed and somewhat choppy, it ...
We Own the Night is a 2007 American action thriller film [4] directed and written by James Gray, co-produced by and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg, and co-starring Eva Mendes and Robert Duvall. It is the third film directed by Gray, and the second to feature Phoenix and Wahlberg together, the first being 2000's The Yards.
