With “Brooklyn’s Finest,” director Antoine Fuqua has assembled a top-notch cast to tell a police story full of clichés and stereotypes. Richard Gere is good as a burned out cop seeking redemption, but his story is contrived and it’s hard to sympathize with his isolated, alcoholic character. Don Cheadle’s under cover cop Tango has a more interesting dilemma: duty vs. friendship. But the script cheats by killing his friend and thus erasing his predicament. Tango’s reaction, however, can only happen in a movie. And Ethan Hawke’s Sal comes across as whiney and unpleasant, making it difficult to sympathize with his situation. Although the acting is solid, the narrative isn’t engaging. Fuqua wants us to care about his cops-under-pressure, but his characters are so unlikable or minimally developed that it’s not worth spending two-plus hours with them. 3/6/10
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If this film is about "Brooklyn's Finest" then I would hate to see Brooklyn's worst! This was the most crooked bunch of cops one could imagine. These guys felt that all the drug money and much of the confiscated drugs belonged to them. Brooklyn's finest were finest at theft, drug usage, chasing the ladies of the night and corruption on every street corner. But the thing that they were the finest at was murdering every drug pusher and pimp in Brooklyn. I hope for our sakes that the police in our towns are not like these
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