Review of We Own the Night (2007) by Laurav. — 13 Oct 2007

I loved this movie. I saw al the conflits that James Gray was trying to convey about Bobby. Bobby wants the fun life and the higher salary with the gorgeous girl. Police make less money, it's harder work and their women don't look that great.

Yet his father did instill in him honor which is what makes him do the right thing. I think the reason why people don't see the same things in the way the character was written is because they understand that kind of sense of honor.

I couldn't do what Bobby did because I'm a coward, but I understand his sense of honor. I would wish I had that courage and that's what the mesaage in this movie is about. Departed is about police corruption.

This is about family loyalty. Leonardo wanted to be a police officer to avenge. Bobby was forced to become a police officer to avenge. It would have been better to end it to find Bobby a club again though.

But, it's the writer's choice to end the story his way. And Joaquin is terrific in all the different ways he had to show his emotions in this movie as he had to change from playboy to police.

He's turning into one of our finest American actors (even though he was born in Puerto Rico, I'm pretty sure we can consider him an American).