Brooklyn's Finest

Mar 4, 2010

2h 12m

★ 6.3

This is War. This is Brooklyn.

Overview

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Nu Image

Langley Productions

Fuqua Films

Millennium Media

Thunder Road

Brooklyn's Finest Trailers

Cast

Off. Eddie Dugan

Richard Gere

Det. Clarence 'Tango' Butler

Don Cheadle

Det. Sal Procida

Ethan Hawke

Casanova 'Caz' Phillips

Wesley Snipes

Bobby 'Carlo' Powers

Vincent D'Onofrio

Agent Smith

Ellen Barkin

Red

Michael Kenneth Williams

Chantel

Shannon Kane

Det. Ronny Rosario

Brían F. O'Byrne

Lt. Bill Hobarts

Will Patton

Angela Procida

Lili Taylor

Det. Patrick Leary

Wass Stevens

Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.

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5.4

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6.7

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

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7.5

Malcolm X

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6.7

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6.2

Crime of Passion

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7.6

Laura

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6.7

Crank

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7.5

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7.5

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6.4

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6.9

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6.5

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6.9

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7.2

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7.3

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7.8

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6.9

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