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59 out of 100

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5.9 out of 10

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  • Starring: Eva Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg
  • Summary: Bobby Green has turned his back on the family business. The popular manager of El Caribe, the legendary Russian-owned nightclub in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach, he has changed his last name and concealed his connection to a long line of distinguished New York cops. For Bobby, every night is a party; he greets friends and customers or dances with his beautiful Puerto Rican girlfriend, Amada, in a haze of cigarette smoke and disco music. But it's 1988, and New York City's drug trade is escalating. Bobby tries to keep a friendly distance from the Russian gangster who is operating out of the nightclub--a gangster who is being targeted by his brother, Joseph, an up-and-coming NYPD officer, as well as his father, Burt, the legendary deputy chief of police. (Columbia Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    83
    At its core, it's an exploration of the demands and obligations of brotherly love, staged with honesty, originality and a surprising spark of intelligence.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    83
    It's awfully difficult at this point in film history to come up with a car chase that's startlingly new, but Gray pulls it off. It's the best of its kind since "The French Connection."
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    60
    A more accomplished film than "Yards." Yet it will fail to satisfy police movie buffs, as procedures are de-emphasized, and the drama is too perfunctory and obvious.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
  3. Negative: 7 out of 23
  1. JavierR.
    10
    This movie was the best movie i have seen all year it reminds similar to the movie The Departed both movies were great, this movie will have you glued to your seat like it did tom me.… Expand
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  2. JayH.
    5
    Imagine, a story about two brothers on opposite sides of the law..like that hasn't been done a million times before! Besides it's lack of originality, it has a negativity that leaves the viewer with a foul taste. It has one great car chase, the rest is predictable and slow moving. The characters are poorly developed. It is well produced however, and the actors do indeed try.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. SulH.
    3
    This movie was beyond boring! The really good cast tried really hard to make it work, but the movie just didn't present them with any gripping scenes. Joaquin Phoenix never makes the audience really feel like he's progressed, only that he's possibly going through the motions of being coked-up. And Avoid this one at all costs..… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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