Brooklyn’s Finest Movie Review
Brooklyn’s Finest stars Richard Gere, Ethan Hawk and Don Cheatle. This movie was created by the same folks who gave us Training Days, the film that earned Denzel Washington his first Oscar.
The film follows the same path as Training Days with violence and profanity. It is the story of three cops. Richard Gere is depressed, suicidal and dating a prostitute. He is a week or so from retirement and is over due in hanging up his shield.
Ethan Hawk’s character is a messy unkempt detective who is having financial problems. He has six children, a wife expecting twins and they live in a three bedroom house. He is saving up for a bigger house by taking money when he partakes in a drug bust.
Don Cheatle is an undercover cop who has infiltrated the drug culture. He is basically a good guy and is trying to help a pal who was recently released from prison go straight.
Profanity rules. If the editors removed all of the “F” and “N” words the picture would be over in about 30 minutes. People are being shot and killed right and left. Rather than the old movie cliché of the gunman making a statement before plugging the victim these guys shoot first and ask questions later. Although the three main characters have no contact with one another, in a contrived finale their lives intertwine to end this bomb of a movie and bring on the credits. If this is what police life is all about, it a bad commentary on our society.
As an aside, I saw this film on a Saturday afternoon. There were at least three children under the age of six in the theater. What were their parents thinking? This movie is not for most adults and is definitely not for a child.
bruce@kantorandassociates.com
Bruce Kantor owns Kantor & Associates in Matthews, NC.
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