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Brooklyn's Finest (2009) 6.7
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6.7/10 from 39,184 users
Metascore: 43/100
Reviews: 126 user | 192 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. Director:Antoine FuquaWriter:Michael C. Martin |
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Cast
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| Richard Gere | ... |
Eddie
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| Don Cheadle | ... | ||
| Ethan Hawke | ... |
Sal
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| Wesley Snipes | ... | ||
| Will Patton | ... | ||
| Lili Taylor | ... |
Angela
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| Michael Kenneth Williams | ... | ||
| Brían F. O'Byrne | ... |
Ronny Rosario
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| Shannon Kane | ... | ||
| Ellen Barkin | ... | ||
| Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | ||
| Wass Stevens | ... | ||
| Armando Riesco | ... | ||
| Wade Allain-Marcus | ... |
C-Rayz
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| Logan Marshall-Green | ... |
Melvin Panton
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Plot Synopsis
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In Brooklyn, amid drug deals, violence, casual racism, poverty, housing projects, and corrupt cops, we follow three officers: Tango, African-American, working undercover, believing he's earned a promotion to a desk job but told he has to set up the bust of an ex-con who saved his life; Sal, who'll commit murder to get cash to buy a house big enough for his family; and, Eddie, the precinct's oldest beat cop, a week to go before retirement, assigned to mentor an earnest rookie. Can this end well for any of the three? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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This is War. This is Brooklyn. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for bloody violence throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, drug content and pervasive language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
5 March 2010 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Los mejores de Brooklyn See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£468,279 (UK) (11 June 2010)Gross:
£1,252,604 (UK) (2 July 2010)Company Credits
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(1958)
Written by George Khoury and Phil Phillips (as Philip Baptiste)
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Trivia
Special thanks to the volunteers of The Fuqua Film Program, 2009. See more »Goofs
Tango talks about getting a speeding ticket from a state trooper on Brooklyn's Belt Parkway. But the Belt is normally patrolled by the NYPD Highway Patrol, a city force. See more »Soundtracks
"Sea of Love"(1958)
Written by George Khoury and Phil Phillips (as Philip Baptiste)
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In Brooklyn, New York, the veteran policeman Eddie (Richard Gere) is a bitter and disillusioned lonely man that will retire in seven days. The catholic dirty detective Sal (Ethan Hawke) is a family man in despair that needs to raise money to buy a better house for his family. The undercover detective Tango (Don Cheadle) is affected by the long period he has been working infiltrated in gangs and has requested to be transferred to an office. Their lives and fates are entwined when Eddie retires and sees a missing girl that has been kidnapped by sex traffickers and he has to take a decision; Sal has to make the down payment of the dreamed house and he does nit have enough money; and Tango is assigned to frame the drug lord Caz (Wesley Snipes) that saved his life years ago and has become his friend.
"Brooklyn's Finest" is a gloomy and bitter police story with a cast that is a constellation of stars, some of them with minor parts. I watched this film with great expectations, but unfortunately the screenplay is not original, too long and sometimes confused. The three stories are very well known by viewers of this genre and the narrative is cold, without emotions. The director Antoine Fuqua could (or should) have made a better feature with the available budget and cast. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Atraídos Pelo Crime" ("Attracted by the Crime")