Synopsis
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
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Cast
- Joaquin PhoenixRobert 'Bobby' Green
- Mark WahlbergCpt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky
- Eva MendesAmada Juarez
- Robert DuvallDep. Chief Albert 'Burt' Grusinsky
- Alex VeadovVadim Nezhinski
- Paul HermanSpiro Giavannis
- Antoni CoroneLt. Michael Solo
- Tony MusanteCpt. Jack Shapiro
- Katie CondidorioHazel
- Danny HochLouis 'Jumbo' Falsetti
Recommendations
- 83
Christian Science Monitor
It's awfully difficult at this point in film history to come up with a car chase that's startlingly new, but Gray pulls it off. It's the best of its kind since "The French Connection." - 80
Village Voice
The closest thing Gray's done to a commercial actioner, the film also applies his genius for tone (aided by superlative sound work) to set pieces that throb with trauma: a tinnitus-soundtracked shoot-out and a rain-slick car chase set to the tempo of windshield wipers. - 75
Rolling Stone
We Own the Night is defiantly, refreshingly unhip. - 75
ReelViews
With a cast like this, one has a right to expect something amazing, so the fact that We Own the Night is merely "entertaining" might cause disappointment in some quarters. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Gray knows how to sell the idea of unalterable destiny with a car chase: That’s the mark of a real action director. - 70
Variety
Adequately acted and flecked with the required quota of action to satisfy genre fans, pic recalls numerous good police dramas of the 1970s, but mostly in superficial ways that bring nothing new to the table. - 70
Salon
An intriguing blend of mainstream audience-pleaser and a more subtle, even intellectual agenda. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
The story is too patterned and too contrived.
