We Own the Night

[Brian in Mesa]

We Own the Night

Release Date: October 12, 2007
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: James Gray
Screenwriter: James Gray
Genre: Crime, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, drug material, language, some sexual content and brief nudity)
Website: We Own the Night

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes, Alex Veadov

Plot Summary: Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has turned his back on the family business. The popular manager of El Caribe, the legendary Russian-owned nightclub in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach, he has changed his last name and concealed his connection to a long line of distinguished New York cops. For Bobby, every night is a party, as he greets friends and customers or dances with his beautiful Puerto Rican girlfriend, Amada (Eva Mendes), in a haze of cigarette smoke and disco music.

But it's 1988, and New York City's drug trade is escalating. Bobby tries to keep a friendly distance from the Russian gangster who is operating out of the nightclub – a gangster who is being targeted by his brother, Joseph (Mark Wahlberg), an up-and-coming NYPD officer, and his father, Burt (Robert Duvall), the legendary deputy chief of police.

Columbia Pictures' and 2929 Productions' "We Own the Night," an emotional crime thriller about a man who has chosen to hide his past only to discover that he has to confront an inevitable future, takes its title from the motto of the 1980s-era NYPD street crimes unit. Written and directed by James Gray ("The Yards," "Little Odessa").

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[Shane]

Really really looking forward to this one.

 

[Jersey Girl]

I really like Joaquin Phoenix. I'll have to check this one out.

 

[Shane]

I really like Joaquin Phoenix. I'll have to check this one out.

You just want to see it because I do.

 

[Jersey Girl]

You just want to see it because I do.

Yeah, you got me.

 

[Shane]

Yeah, you got me.

Im smart!

 

[Renz]

Great actors, but looks kind of formulaic. Two Brothers. One good and one bad. Father's a cop etc.

 

[Bada0Bing]

Great actors, but looks kind of formulaic. Two Brothers. One good and one bad. Father's a cop etc.

Recently watched it. It was quite formulaic indeed. Still good though, mostly because of Phoenix.

I really liked the line "It's better to be judged by twelve people, than carried by six."

 

[abomb]

This movie is on top of my 360. It hasnt worked its way into the player yet.

 

[Cheesebeef]

if there was a movie dictionary, under formuliac mediocre cop movie this would be there under heading 1, followed up Pride and Honor (the new Ed Norton flick).

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

if there was a movie dictionary, under formuliac mediocre cop movie this would be there under heading 1, followed up Pride and Honor (the new Ed Norton flick).

Have I called you a jackass lately?