Thursday, October 11, 2007
We Own the Night
It’s “The Departed” meets “Eastern Promises” as New York chief of police Burt Grusinsky (Robert Duvall) and his son, Capt. Joe Grusinsky (Mark Wahlberg) engage in a drug war with the Russian mafia. The family black sheep son, Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix), and his sexy Puerto Rican girlfriend Amada (Eva Mendes) get involved during a drug raid at the popular nightclub that Bobby manages. This movie has all of the makings for a great action/thriller, but it just lies there rather flat. The film doesn’t build any real tension except for the hot and steamy opening scene. The story is a little too perfect and contrived to be believable. However, Alien was impressed by the CGI rain created for one of the chase sequences.
Alien gives it 2 “brothers on opposite sides of the law” stars out of 4.
It’s “The Departed” meets “Eastern Promises” as New York chief of police Burt Grusinsky (Robert Duvall) and his son, Capt. Joe Grusinsky (Mark Wahlberg) engage in a drug war with the Russian mafia. The family black sheep son, Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix), and his sexy Puerto Rican girlfriend Amada (Eva Mendes) get involved during a drug raid at the popular nightclub that Bobby manages. This movie has all of the makings for a great action/thriller, but it just lies there rather flat. The film doesn’t build any real tension except for the hot and steamy opening scene. The story is a little too perfect and contrived to be believable. However, Alien was impressed by the CGI rain created for one of the chase sequences.
Alien gives it 2 “brothers on opposite sides of the law” stars out of 4.
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