Review of We Own the Night (2007) by Aurelius D — 26 Jun 2009

Wasn't that special. Brother VS Brother. Had some twists that I didn't see coming. Tells a decent story though.

This review of We Own the Night (2007) was written by Aurelius D on 26 Jun 2009.

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Gray would have been happiest, I guess, to make movies in the nineteen-seventies, and this one feels much closer to 1975 than to 1988; he could…

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Too slow to be a guilty pleasure and too dumb to be an innocent one…

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I'm a big fan of both Wahlberg (when he portrays serious characters) and Phoenix (pretty much always), and I was very excited to see them as…

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By David S (4,459) on 11 Nov 2013

Plenty of potential with a Wahlberg/Phoenix double act. I think this movie really hit the downturn of Joaquin's acting career…

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By Jeff B (2,998) on 10 Jan 2014

Muito bom. O inicio espetacular!!!! Hahaha…

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By Harry W (1,900) on 02 Jan 2014

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