We Own the Night (2007)

Director:

James Gray

Guionista (WGA):

James Gray (written by)

Release Date:

12 octubre 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Frase comercial:

Two brothers on opposite sides of the law. Beyond their differences lies loyalty.

Plot:

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men.

Plot Keywords:

Slit Throat | 1980s | Family | Brooklyn | Drug Smuggling

Awards:

3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Sibling feud develops into brotherly love to fight crime and bring justice.

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix	...	Robert 'Bobby' Green
Eva Mendes	...	Amada Juarez
Mark Wahlberg	...	Capt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky
Robert Duvall	...	Deputy Chief Albert 'Bert' Grusinsky
Alex Veadov	...	Vadim Nezhinski
Dominic Colon	...	Freddie
Danny Hoch	...	Jumbo Falsetti
Oleg Taktarov	...	Pavel Lubyarsky
Moni Moshonov	...	Marat Buzhayev
Antoni Corone	...	Michael Solo
Craig Walker	...	Russell De Keifer
Tony Musante	...	Capt. Jack Shapiro
Joe D'Onofrio	...	Bloodied Patron
Yelena Solovey	...	Kalina Buzhayev (as Elena Solovey)
Maggie Kiley	...	Sandra Grusinsky

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, drug material, language, some sexual content and brief nudity.

Duración:

117 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Clasificación:

Ireland:15A | Philippines:R-13 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | Taiwan:R-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:16 | UK:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R (certificate #43553) | France:U | Finland:K-15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

2929 Productions

Trivialidades:

Director James Gray refused to shoot the film in Toronto where it would have been much cheaper. This is one of the reasons why it took so long to make the movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Joe goes to jail to pick up Vadim, the desk attendant reviews a clipboard with the prisoner's booking slip. Vadim's photo is clearly affixed to a report with someone else's info on it (report indicates a black defendant named "Robert Anderson," among other inconsistencies).

Quotes:

[last lines]
Joseph Grusinsky: [whispers] I love you very much.
Bobby Green: [a beat] I love you too.

Movie Connections:

References King of New York (1990)

Soundtrack:

Rapture

Sibling feud develops into brotherly love to fight crime and bring justice.

"We Own the Night" certainly isn't a film classic, but of today's films it provides enough drama, tension, style, and most of all shows justice and honor of family. Set in the late 1980's in New York City when the drug and party world was at an all-time craze, the plot focuses on two brothers the first straight laced and NYPD cop Joseph Grusinsky(Mark Wahlberg) and second his brother Bobby(Joaquin Phoenix) the different and darker party drug snorting playboy who enjoys his sexy sidekick girlfriend Amada(Eve Mendes). This film then turns to a sibling struggle as Joseph and his father Burt(Robert Duvall) try to convert Bobby over to the good side and leave the dark underworld of money and drugs behind. The film is filmed with tense moments of family struggle and many scenes are stylish and flashy, plus Mendes gives a sexy performance. And as always veterans Wahlberg, Duvall, and Phoenix perform well. Most of all it's best to see the growing and transforming of family and brotherly love return as the Joaquin character teams up with brother Joseph to bring down the bad guys after a family tragedy. Overall a decent film of family moral reverse that bonds together to bring justice.