Review of We Own the Night (2007) by Mickaw90 . — 09 Jan 2011

The decent thriller with entertainment elements. A great cast saved a lot.

This review of We Own the Night (2007) was written by Mickaw90 . on 09 Jan 2011.

We Own the Night has generally received positive reviews.

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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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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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