Review of We Own the Night (2007) by Gianluca B — 27 Jun 2009

A really good cop film with lots of twists to the plot...

This review of We Own the Night (2007) was written by Gianluca B on 27 Jun 2009.

We Own the Night has generally received positive reviews.

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We Own the Night is well-acted, and very suspenseful with it's tense direction from James Gray, but starts to fall into predictable territory…

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Fantastic movie, though it gets pretty cliche at times and it gets pretty dull in the third act…

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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 F B (850) on 21 Aug 2014

Excellent film with good plot. Thoroughly enjoyed this 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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