Review of We Own the Night (2007) by Paul F — 14 Feb 2009

Actually I dont really get it on this movie.

This review of We Own the Night (2007) was written by Paul F on 14 Feb 2009.

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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We Own The Night is not a bad crime drama to watch once. A good cast and the simplicity of the main story, one can even say its commonplace…

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By Alex K (2,253) on 21 Dec 2013

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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Great depth. Wonderful showscase about a police family and the up and downs…

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Buena, los picos dramáticos son muy buenos. La típica película de policías y ladrones, pero la historia esta muy ágil, creíble y emocionante…

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Couldn't believe a nightclub operator turned into a cop. Forced to become a cop to be exact…

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By Tristan M (504) on 21 Aug 2014

Not much suspense for a plot that involves suspense...lack of score/music during the more exciting scenes, hence the lack of suspense…

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

We Own The Night sounded great on the surface as it teamed up the pair of talented actors Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Whalberg for a crime story…

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