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We Own the Night [2007]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5050582529494
Label : Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer : Universal Pictures UK
Publisher : Universal Pictures UK
Release date : 2008-04-28
Title : We Own the Night [2007]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 15 years and over
Format : PAL
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2007-12-14
Region code : 2
Running time : 113
Studio : Universal Pictures UK
Theatrical releaseDate : 2007

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
In We Own the Night, Joaquin Phoenix, whose eyes burn with sullen anger even when he's looking at the woman he loves, plays Bobby Green, a nightclub manager in the 1980s who gets caught between his blood family he tried to leave behind--a long line of police officers--and his chosen family of friends and business partners, who turn out to be drug dealers. His father (Robert Duvall) and brother (Mark Wahlberg) want Bobby to help their investigation, but Bobby resists--until the conflict takes a brutal turn. Writer/director James Gray wears his influences on his sleeve; he's clearly seen every movie that Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola ever made and aspires to follow in their footsteps.

The familiarity of the movie's territory dilutes its impact, but the plot of We Own the Night remains unpredictable, the performances have a clean vitality, and Gray's moody visual style brings some life to the genre. Phoenix (Walk the Line) dives into his role, sifting through layers of guilt and familial resentment; Wahlberg and Duvall play parts they've essentially played a dozen times, but do so with commitment and integrity. Also featuring Eva Mendes (Ghost Rider) as Bobby's devoted girlfriend, who questions just how much she'll have to give up for him. --Bret Fetzer

Customer reviews

review by: finndudaniec date: 2008-10-21 rating:

Bad, no...very bad.
Bad from the very first scene. Amateur writing and directing. I don't know how this got made.

review by: David Byrne date: 2008-10-06 rating:

Dark
I love this film.I love the bit where there driving and they get shot at and the bit with the lighter , total darkness !!! This is defo a must have , its a proper gangster drama

review by: taylzo date: 2008-09-18 rating:

If you like the 'drugs and cops' theme...
If you like the 'drugs and cops' theme... then you should enjoy this film. While it isn't highly original, it is still engaging. The roles a played well by a good combination of actors. However, I'm a fan of both Eva Mendes and Joaquin Phoenix, maybe i'm somewhat biased.

In reality I'd probably give 3 and a half stars, but thats not possible. Not outstanding but definitely worth a fiver.

review by: date: 2008-08-29 rating:

So-so film with a great cast
Joaquim Phoenix's brooding looks tend to light up the screen, so I rented this thinking it would be a decent thriller, but I was sorely disappointed. It's the story of Bobby Green, a nightclub manager with dodgy Russian Mafia backing, the trouble is, Bobby's the son of the local police chief and his brother's fast rising up the ranks too. Although it envokes the spirit of 1980s NYC, it tends to be rather unbelievable because of a plot device used towards the end of the film.

4 stars for acting, sadly the screenplay lets this film down.

review by: date: 2008-08-10 rating:

Close but no cigar
This film should have been a corker; good main leads, lots of good supporting actors and an interesting plot. Yet it came over as slow and pedestrian with the occasional burst of action (the bit in the stash house must have been done by a different team). At times the plot creeked as the Bad Guys Get Inside Knowledge device appeared, or we had the Men Beating Chests scenes, and we even had a You Killed My Pa scene. The Russian Mafia seemed oddly subdued, why weren't the girlfriend and her family clipped? It remains an undemanding action film, better (just) than watching re-runs of Friends on E4.

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