Brooklyn's finest
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Physical Description:
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videodisc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher: [United States] : Overture Films ; Beverly Hills, CA : distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, c2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Special features: deleted scenes; audio commentary; featurettes. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Patrick Murguia ; editor, Barbara Tulliver ; music, Marcelo Zarvos. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Will Patton, Lili Taylor, Brian F. O'Byrne, Shannon Kane, Ellen Barkin, Vincent D'Onofrio. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R; for bloody violence throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, drug content, and pervasive language. |
System Details Note: | DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
Language Note: | In English, with optional Spanish subtitles, and subtitles in English for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
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- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
Unfolding during one hectic week, Brooklyn's Finest follows three conflicted, corrupt cops who turn a blind eye to crime, rip off drug dealers, and befriend the gangs who are ostensibly running the neighborhood. Director Antoine Fuqua interweaves the separate stories into a single morality tale (the archetypal protagonists cross paths but never interact until the chaotic conclusion). Boozing, burnt-out Eddie Dugan (Richard Gere) is a veteran patrolman with suicidal tendencies and a prostitute girlfriend (Shannon Kane). With only one week left before he can claim his pension and retire to a fishing cabin in Connecticut, Eddie grimly shepherds new recruits. Clarence "Tango" Butler (Don Cheadle) has been undercover for so long that he actually protects Caz (Wesley Snipes), the charismatic drug czar he's supposed to arrest so he can be promoted to detective. And Sal Procida (Ethan Hawke) is an edgy narcotics cop whose moral fiber is strained under the financial pressure to provide for his five children and wife, Angela (Lili Taylor), who is pregnant with twins and prone to asthma attacks. Ultimately, the NYPD targets a notoriously crime-ridden housing project and all three officers are faced with compromising, life-changing choices. Despite Fuqua's earlier success with the similarly-themed Training Day, this bleak, brutal, and cliché-ridden potboiler about crossing the thin blue line falls short. Optional. (S. Granger) Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2010.