Review of We Own the Night (2007) by Chris N — 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.

This review of We Own the Night (2007) was written by Chris N on 15 Jun 2018.

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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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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By Alessio I (8) on 16 Feb 2014

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By Jorge D (236) on 09 Jul 2018

With this great cast of actors and obviously a decent budget, great cinematography, this film disappointed because of inferior writing/editing/directing…

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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 Michael L (2,383) on 01 Jul 2015

There is a germ of a good movie here, but this isn't a good film. Too much cliche in the plot (It's the father figure! The old cop dies…

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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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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 09 Jan 2017

Too slow to be a guilty pleasure and too dumb to be an innocent one…

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