We Own the Night (2007)

Directed by

James Gray

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film, neo-noir, police film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 1,538 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Brooklyn nightclub manager from a police family gets caught up in a drug war and must confront his loyalties. He is pulled back into the dangerous world of law enforcement to protect his loved ones.

tensegrittymelancholicnoirishslow-burnfamily-drivenbleakatmospheric

What happens

We Own the Night is a 2007 American drama film directed and written by James Gray, co-produced by and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg, and co-starring Eva Mendes and Robert Duvall. It is the third film directed by Gray, and the second to feature Phoenix and Wahlberg together, the first being 2000's The Yards. The title comes from the motto of the NYPD's Street Crimes Unit, which disbanded in 2002. The film premiered on May 25, 2007, at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, and was released in the United States on October 12, 2007, ultimately receiving mixed reviews from critics and grossing $55 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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