Review of We Own the Night (2007) by Roxie K — 30 Apr 2012

Not near as action packed as it looks. Not what I expected at all.

This review of We Own the Night (2007) was written by Roxie K on 30 Apr 2012.

We Own the Night has generally received positive reviews.

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 30 Dec 2016

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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By Alessio I (8) on 16 Feb 2014

Gran bel film, però con un finale più amaro in stile Friedkin sarebbe stato un mezzo capolavoro…

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This is a perfectly serviceable thriller. It's just not the New York family crime saga it clearly wants to be…

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By Hurqlez (19) on 25 Jul 2019

A bland cop movie that doesn't really stand out as much as I remember. The acting was as bland as the blue filter they placed in the movie…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 06 Jan 2018

Gray's signature long takes and overhead shots are in evidence and add to the film's fatalistic tone, and one rainy car-chase sequence is a…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 11 Feb 2015

Gray knows how to sell the idea of unalterable destiny with a car chase: That’s the mark of a real action director…

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By Chris N (682) on 15 Jun 2018

This is a great movie. Brothers are on opposite sides. One good, one bad. Both gunning for the same outcome. Great movie…

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By Greg D (618) on 16 May 2014

Despite the criticism I feel this movie is a powerful family/cop drama…

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By Stephanie D (427) on 06 Jun 2014

Not my kind of movie but I'll watch any movie with Mark in it at least once…

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By Indu R (327) on 29 May 2015

I really liked this movie. It was dramatic for a cop drama. The acting and the plot were good in this movie. The action was good in this movie…

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