BROOKLYN'S FINEST

USA
2010
132 minutes

Three New York cops face their demons in the streets of Brooklyn: a beat officer about to retire, a narcotics detective with family problems and an undercover cop at odds with his boss. Gritty but bloated attempt at a modern crime epic in need of tighter scripting and more focused handling.

Overture Films and Millennium Films present a Thunder Road Film/Nu Image production in association with Langley Films.
Starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke; and Wesley Snipes; Will Patton, Lili Taylor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Brían F. O'Byrne, Shannon Kane; with Ellen Barkin.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua; produced by Basil Iwanyk, John Langley, John Thompson, Elie Cohn; written by Michael C. Martin; music by Marcelo Zarvos; director of photography (colour, widescreen), Patrick Murguia; production designer, Thérèse de Prez; costume designer, Juliet Polcsa; film editor, Barbara Tulliver.
Screened: DVD, June 20th 2010. 

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