Brooklyn’s Finest

Year: 2009

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Fuqua

Review

a flawed film, but it has some strong elements that kept it entertaining. i really liked the opening scene near the graveyard with the two characters talking about “righter” and “wronger” setting up the relativistic nature of the rest of the film. the title is ironic – it’s about brooklyn cops, but they’re certainly not the best people in the world. none of the characters are particularly fun or great people. also liked the final frame which reminded me of rollerball without the zoom and bach. i found some of the dialogue to be forced and/or inauthentic. overall, though, it was an entertaining cross between short cuts and new jack city. also has a great cross-cutting sequene about midway through the film that i enjoyed.

Watched in theater