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Brooklyn's Finest [Blu-ray] | ![Brooklyn's Finest [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518kxgMi2OL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes
Studio: Overture Films/Anchor Bay Entertainment
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Rating:  90 reviews
Format: Color, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 132 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.6 x 0.7
MPN: 013132140490
UPC: 013132140490
EAN: 0013132140490
Theatrical Release Date: March 5, 2010
Release Date: July 6, 2010
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Product Description
Follows three police officers in Brooklyn, N.Y., all at different points in their careers, as their paths intersect through their jobs.
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Fans of the grit of HBO's The Wire, as well as of the mean-streets story intersection plot of Crash, will find a lot to like in the intense crime drama Brooklyn's Finest. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) with a sure hand, Brooklyn's Finest follows three NYPD cops who come from very different places (geographically and personally) as their lives, and the compromises they have made daily to coexist with the mean streets of Brooklyn, dovetail to a climax that will have viewers on the edge of their seats. Fuqua has assembled a stellar cast here, including Richard Gere, a veteran cop just a week from retirement; the always amazing Don Cheadle, an undercover officer whose loyalties to the force may be compromised by his growing loyalties to the groups he's infiltrating; and the film's true revelation, Ethan Hawke, a young corrupt cop whose morals make the stomach turn, though Hawke's performance is nuanced and riveting. Supporting cast members include Wesley Snipes as a badass gangster whom even the police have second thoughts about messing with. Other great performances are turned in by Vincent D'Onofrio, whose wooden delivery works here to make his character all the more menacing; Lili Taylor; and a ravishing, world-weary Ellen Barkin. The action is propelled along by the great performances, the excellent cinematography, Fuqua's deft direction, and the moody score by Brazilian composer Marcelo Zarvos. If the plot is a little far-fetched, even for a crime drama, the stellar performances more than make up for it, making Brooklyn's Finest one of Fuqua's, and certainly Hawke's, finest. --A.T. Hurley
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 Excellent cast and acting September 6, 2010
PT Cruiser (CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a very gritty and probably very realistic story of three New York cops and their different situations within the force. The acting was superb with Westley Snipes, Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle and Richard Gere playing convincing roles. The story was depressing and one that I would call a "slice of life" type of movie. There were several stories about the individual cops that brought them to the same physical place toward the end, but not a real central plot that had a beginning and end. It was like looking into the lives of the cops, lives that were pretty depressing to begin with and didn't get much better as the story unfolded. It was a movie where you could see the possibility of a way out or a resolution, but they somehow always missed the mark.
The movie was more of a character study of the cops with glimpses into what made them behave in the ways they did. I felt sympathy and some respect for each of them by the end, but felt pretty depressed at their situations. The movie was over 2 hours and seemed a little long at times, but there was plenty of action throughout, a few times shocking enough that it made me jump in my seat. There was a lot of violence and sex throughout the movie, so if that type of thing is offensive to you, this is a movie to skip. Overall, it was a good movie, particularly if you like crime dramas with lots of action and character development.
 GREAT September 5, 2010
dee dee
WESLEY,AND DON WERE THE GREATEST,SO WAS RICHARD I HAD NOT SEEN HIM AND WESLEY IN A WHILE ETHAN,I COULD FEEL HIS PAIN..GREAT MOVIE...
Brooklyn's finest is fantastic!!! September 4, 2010
Giselle Velez
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great movie. Delivered in a timely manner. Great packaging. No damage to disk-plays clear. Would recommend this seller.
 BROOKLYN'S FINEST August 30, 2010
CAROLE DAMIANO (HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA, US)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Unfortunately we tried to watch the digital copy and it wouldn't work. Not sure what's wrong, but it just wouldn't work. Have not tried the blue ray as of this date. We're usuingng our motor home and don't have a blue ray in it.
 Dark & Depressing August 30, 2010
Kitten Kisser
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would have liked this movie better if at least in the end something positive happened to lighten the dark mood of the entire movie. There was a very tiny bright spot at the end but it just wasn't enough to banish the dreary lives of the main characters.
The movie is directed well. The acting is good. The story is good...if it wasn't so sad.
I don't think there is a single happy person! Everyone is either being shot, doing the shooting, being depressed, being abused or being the abuser. The drugie or the drug dealer. Everyone just hates their life. I held out on the hope that everyone's suffering would pay off in the end & there would be some joy. It's just one of those NOT "feel good of the year" movies.
I gave it 3 stars because it could have been much better...the potential was there.
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