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We Own the Night [DVD] [2007]

DVD ~ Joaquin Phoenix
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  • Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes
  • Directors: James Gray
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 28 April 2008
  • Run Time: 113 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00118V9OG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,638 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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



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In We Own the Night Joaquin Phoenix plays Bobby Green, a young man who has turned his back on his family, going as far as changing his last name and concealing any links he has with New York’s finest. He is the manager of the popular El Caribe, the legendary Russian-owned nightclub in Brooklyn. But Bobby is about to go head to head with his brother and father when they become the target of the Russian mob.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Ok for a night, 3 May 2008
This is an enjoyable film, not a ground breaker but entertaining, well acted and a very good car chase sequence. Recommended as a nights rental, feet up n a glass of wine!
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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Opposie Sides, 30 Mar 2008
By prisrob "pris," (New EnglandUSA) - See all my reviews
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"Booed at the Cannes film festival (always a sign that a movie has good energy), James Gray's pulverizing crime drama is unafraid to put its passions right out where it's easy to mock them. We Own the Night is defiantly, refreshingly unhip." Peter Travers

A movie that does not have original material, but it works in spurts. The
dark underworld of Russian crime- this is the group du jour of crime nowadays. The New York City Police Department who in the 1980's according to Roger Ebert used the 'We Own the Night" slogan of the New York police, painted on the sides of their squad cars as a promise to take back the night from the drug trade. Two members of the NYP- Robert Duval and Mark Wahlberg as father and son want to bring that drug trade down. The other brother, Joaquin Phoenix, for whatever reason, has become the manager of a club that caters to the drug crowd. At opposite ends, oh yes. Until, until, something big happens and the son Bobby Green turns to the side of the law. Eva Menedes does an admirable job playing Bobby's love interest, and this emotional tangle brings this film some real credibility.

The action in this film and in particular the car chase on a wet rainy night with fog so thick you can barely see is a raw knuckle event. The raw and grainy fear is palpable, and I can envision the fear and heart racing excitement.

"But this is an atmospheric, intense film, well acted, and when it's working it has a real urgency. Scenes where a protagonist is close to being unmasked almost always work. The complexity of Bobby's motives grows intriguing, and the concern of his girl friend Armada is well-used. "We Own the Night" may not solve the question of ownership, but it does explore who lives in the night, and why." Roger Ebert

Recommended. prisrob 03-29-08

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars oh brother, 10 Jul 2008
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It's not a bad film, it's well made and acted, but it's slow, predictable and the first half is based on the ludicrous idea that no one in a neighbourhood would know that the local big shot club manager was the son of the police chief....
The second half gets better, there's a brilliant, brilliant car chase. Maybe for the first time in cinematic history you get an impression of what it would be really like if you were driving. But the ending is dull and the plodding 'blood is thicker than water' morality is, in the end, really, really boring.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the alternatives that year
We Own The Night (WOTN) is stylishly shot in fact it would remind of the kind of cinematography that Ridley Scott would/could have used, which sadly was lacking in Ridleys... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dragonfly

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent film
Just watched this for the first time, only had a passing interest before. But I was very surprised at how good this film was. Read more
Published 8 months ago by R. Messitt

3.0 out of 5 stars Seen It All Before
"We Own The Night" treads very familiar ground, in that its a story set in cocaine drenched eighties New York and about two brothers on different sides of the law. Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. S. Meins

4.0 out of 5 stars There's nothing more compelling than family!
The biggest and best stories are all about family. This film is all about family, whether it's the fraternity of cops, the Russian mafia or just simple brothers and their father... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Alexander J. Wakeford

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
A great premise and a cast choc-full of my favourite actors, I thought this looked like a safe bet. Me and OH found this movie to be slow moving and dull, veering wildly from the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by daisyrock

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad, no...very bad.
Bad from the very first scene. Amateur writing and directing. I don't know how this got made.
Published 12 months ago by Mr. F. I. Dudaniec

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark
I love this film.I love the bit where there driving and they get shot at and the bit with the lighter , total darkness !!! This is defo a must have , its a proper gangster drama
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4.0 out of 5 stars If you like the 'drugs and cops' theme...
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3.0 out of 5 stars So-so film with a great cast
Joaquim Phoenix's brooding looks tend to light up the screen, so I rented this thinking it would be a decent thriller, but I was sorely disappointed. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Close but no cigar
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