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We Own the Night

Rated R for strong violence, drug material, language, some sexual content and brief nudity.

R 117min.
Crime and Mystery, Drama
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Released on October 12, 2007
Set against the backdrop of the bloody battle waged between New York City cops and the Russian mafia in the 1980s, director James Gray's period drama tells the tale of an emerging club manager whose family ties to law enforcement make him a target ... Read More
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Joaquin Phoenix Bobby Green
Mark Wahlberg Lt. Joseph Grusinsky
Eva Mendes Amada Juarez
Robert Duvall Bert Grusinsky
Antoni Corone Michael Solo
Moni Moshonov Marat Bujayev
Alex Veadov Vadim Mezshinski
Tony Musante Jack Shapiro

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June 02, 2012
eandrewsp
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wonderful movie,great acting
May 22, 2008
hollybarry1191
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What a waste of anticipation! Three (some could argue four with Eva) great actors thrust into a movie in which they obviously didn't take enough time to disect the script. Too much storyline reduced to short 15-second takes. Cheap visuals. Cheezy lines. Why police and not DEA? No Russian interpreter? Where DID Amada (Eva) go? She just disappeared. How did Phoenix get inducted into NYPD
May 22, 2008
hurleygrlshry33
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excellent!!!!!***** stars....... should be nominated for an oscar acadamy ; and also should be a soon to be award winning movie selection of an classic story with Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall.....and more....
May 22, 2008
movieadmirefan
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We Own the Night was really good because of Joaquin Phoenix. He became the movie's scene stealer. He delivered a Worthy Oscar Performance, He compelled every scene. His acting in the movie was another great performance. He intensed the movie. I loved the way he brought the movie to his acting and He should've been nominated for his role of a son willing to make his life on the right path. I would
May 22, 2008
getsumei
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The opening scene of 80's excess and debauchery belied the simplistic, shallow plot, and oft times the story was hypocritical to the characters actions. There is very little action, a car chase and one minor gun battle at the end. Several sequences, and even scenes, add little or detract from the main storyline. Eva Mendez is great to look at, but at the end of the movie what, if anything,
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