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We Own the Night (Widescreen Edition
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Product Description
Product Description
What if your own family stood in the way of everything you worked for? Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has forsaken his name to escape his family and their tradition in law enforcement to pursue his ambitions as a Brooklyn nightclub owner. As he turns a blind eye to the drug dealers around him, he comes face to face with the family he abandoned when his brother (Mark Wahlberg) and father (Robert Duvall) crack down on the club. Now Bobby must choose a side. Is he going to turn informant or will he help run the biggest crime ring in New York history?
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In We Own the Night, Joaquin Phoenix, whose eyes burn with sullen anger even when he's looking at the woman he loves, plays Bobby Green, a nightclub manager in the 1980s who gets caught between his blood family he tried to leave behind--a long line of police officers--and his chosen family of friends and business partners, who turn out to be drug dealers. His father (Robert Duvall) and brother (Mark Wahlberg) want Bobby to help their investigation, but Bobby resists--until the conflict takes a brutal turn. Writer/director James Gray wears his influences on his sleeve; he's clearly seen every movie that Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola ever made and aspires to follow in their footsteps. The familiarity of the movie's territory dilutes its impact, but the plot of We Own the Night remains unpredictable, the performances have a clean vitality, and Gray's moody visual style brings some life to the genre. Phoenix (Walk the Line) dives into his role, sifting through layers of guilt and familial resentment; Wahlberg and Duvall play parts they've essentially played a dozen times, but do so with commitment and integrity. Also featuring Eva Mendes (Ghost Rider) as Bobby's devoted girlfriend, who questions just how much she'll have to give up for him. --Bret Fetzer Beyond We Own the Night 
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Reviews
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Not What I Thought (2007-12-06)
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Liars! That is all I have to say to the people responsible for teasing movie trailers. You prepare yourself to watch a movie, but walk out of the theatre feeling cheated because the previews for the film were so deceiving. I THOUGHT that “We Own the Night” was going to be a SU-WEET movie about two brothers on opposite sides of the law. This film started out like that, with Mark Wahlberg being the good guy cop, and his brother Joaquin Phoenix being the bad drug-doing club owner, but ended up completely different.
All in all, I guess the movie was alright, definitely not bad acting, but I felt cheated out of a good movie. I had high hopes for this one, but was disappointed to find out I had been duped.
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AMAZING CRIME DRAMA (2009-08-10)
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Great acting. Great story. Great sets. Great attention to detail. What can I say this movie is great. (More)
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Above Average Cop Drama (2009-07-05)
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You've seen these characters and these settings about a million times before, but the actors here are still compelling enough to make this come to life. Joaquin Phoenix is great as the conflicted... (More)
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Mark, Joaquin, This Has to Stop..... (2009-06-11)
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A stunningly disappointing outing for Messrs. Wahlberg, Phoenix and Gray precisely because we all know - courtesy of 'The Yards' - just what kind of sublime cinema these gentlemen are capable of... (More)
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Movie Ranking
We Own the Night (Widescreen Edition is 104th of 178 in the Drama pecking order. It is 23th of 27 Current Crop of Drama. At $6.52, this movie is 2nd in Drama and first among at $4.31. It is the 57th ranked movie among 92 in the Sony brand.
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