Eva Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men.
DVD Release Date: February 13, 2008
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February 13, 2009Joaquin Phoenix plays a nightclub owner approached by his brother who is a policeman in the NYPD to help him investigate a drug dealer. We Own The Night has the heavyweight names and artsy photography to trick the casual browser into thinking that it is an intelligent and insight...( read more)
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January 30, 2009An incrediably powerful and absolutely unforgettable movie. Tremendous, stylish, shocking, heart-pounding and exhilerating. It's The Departed meets The French connection. A masterpiece. Director, James Gray crafts another remarkable crime film. A sizzeling and adreniline-pumping ...( read more)
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October 26, 2008"We Own The Night" starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, and Robert Duvall is a very good crime drama.
A story about two brothers where one is a well respected police officer (wahlberg) and the other is on the wrong side (phoenix). When some very large drug dea...( read more) -
October 26, 2008Well made, character driven crime drama with a classic premise and the best dive out of a window I've seen in ages! It does drag at times and could have done with some more ferocious editing, but Joaquin Phoenix' truly steals the show. It's a bit of a slow burn, but the payoff is...( read more)
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October 1, 2008Average cop thriller with a bit of greatness and much to be disappointed by. The film never really capitalises on the whole family aspect of the story. Not just with immediate family but also Phoenix's family with the club owner. Wahlberg is completely wasted. He shows up and doe...( read more)
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November 14, 2009Mi ha fatto penare fino alla fine, conoscendo la passione di Joaquin per le morti a fine o in mezzo al film, finale tristissimo, in perfetto stile Gray.
Veramente bello, niente a che fare, per fortuna con The yards (associazione mentale involontaria perché di James Gray e con Jo...( read more) -
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November 1, 2009"If you piss in your pants, you only stay warm for so long."
Actually pretty bloody good. I don't think I expected too much from this film, so I was pleased with how it turned out. I thought it was quite understated, never coming over as pretentious or thinking too much o...( read more) -
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Critic Reviews
December 14, 2007
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
October 12, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
In many ways this traditional-looking flick gives off a vibe of been there-seen it but at the same time it pulsates with a raw energy and rhythm all its own. full review
October 12, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Gray's craftsmanship is admirable, which shows some old-fashioned reverence for the triangulated composition of Scene, Character, Plot and avoids, by and large, the snazzy edits and visual bling that ... full review
October 12, 2007
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
God knows [writer-director Gray] has skill and integrity, but perhaps it's time to acknowledge that he could use script help. full review
October 12, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is an atmospheric, intense film, well acted, and when it's working it has a real urgency. full review
October 12, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
We Own the Night is a bloody, passionate melodrama, self-consciously Shakespearean -- or Biblical, or Greek, take your pick of atavisms -- in its intentions.
October 11, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The theme of this absorbing crime drama centers on a simple idea: Blood is thicker than powder. full review
October 8, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
We Own the Night plays like gangbusters. full review
October 3, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
We Own the Night is defiantly, refreshingly unhip. full review
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December 18, 2007Hahahahaha, neither of them are going to win an oscar for this movie, lmao. I am 100% positive.
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December 14, 2007oscar material, for best leading actor and supporting actor, for both wahlberg and phoenix
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December 3, 2007Hi,
Here is an awesome trailer parody twisting We own the night with Interview with a vampire !!!
http://parodiesaffichesfilms.blogspot.com/2007/11/parody-we-own-night-vs-interview.html
Compare with the original trailer !
Enjoy !
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October 16, 2007why is Christopher Walken in the cast list on this page...he's not in the movie or was even involved in it.
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September 24, 2007This displayed poster blows.
The original 70s inspired one is awesome! I'll buy it online. I can't wait to see this film! -
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August 20, 2007This looks like something special. Talent aplenty. Hope they pull it off, Awesome trailer.
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June 12, 2007i really want to see this
it looks good and it has joaquin phoenix in it!!!
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