Last weekend I went to go see the movie Brooklyn's finest and let me tell you it was an amazing movie. Best Movie I went to go see in theaters since Avatar came out. It is directed by Antoine Fuqua the same director who made the movie Training Day. So right off the back you know this is going to be a really good cop movie. Also just look who is starring in this movie we have a quadruple threat here with Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Richard Gere.
The movie obviously takes place in Brooklyn, New York and im guessing by the title you should be able to tell this another cop movie, but this cop movie is a full of action and drama with a crazy twisted plot that connects all together in the end. This movie takes you into the lifes of three brooklyn police officers all in the same division but do not know each other. You have Richard Gere as Eddie the veteran cop who after over 20 years on the force is about to retired in seven days but before he does he has to train these rookie cops and actually do some good work his last few days. Eddie is not the above average hero veteran cop that most people would expect. No hes just the average cop that does his job normally and stays within his boundary. He is widowed, a lonely achololic, and desperately looking forward to retire. It seems like everyone in his divison hates him but he doesn't seem to care. Also he see's this prostitute at her house every night and they seem to have a special bond he obviously is her number one customer because he goes there all the time. By the end of the movie he starts to fall in love with her, which I thought was hysterical because im like Richard Gere this is not Pretty Woman so stop falling in love with prostitutes, but she rejects him and he leaves. When he leaves he notices a kidnap girl that was missing get forced into a van he decides to finally be the hero and follow it.
Ethan Hawke plays Narc police officer named Sal. Now Sal is kind of a crooked cop because of the simple fact he has a family to take care of. As a family man he has a wife and I think about five kids with twins on the way. I don't know almost every scene a new kid pops up so its hard to keep track. Any way the house they live in is not big enough and is worn down, so with little space and his wife getting sick from the mold in their house he desperately wants to move. He has the perfect dream home in mind that he wants he set up the deal and is ready to go, the only problem is he doesn't have all the money to get the house. So through out the whole movie he tries to get all the money no matter what it takes even if it means taking the drug money from the raids he takes part in. By the end of the movie his deadline is the next day and he desperately need the money now, but with the final raid called off he decides to take matters into his own hands and go by himself to the drug house and take the money for himself.
Finally we have Wesley Snipes as Caz and Don Cheadle as Tango, Two O.G. gangsters and each other best friend. Only difference between them is Tango is a undercover detetive who is deep undecover and Caz doesn't know anything about it. He has been undecover for over 8 years and has even serve time in jail he is there to pin Caz and his gang and to stop their drug business. The only problem is Tango has lost everything by going undercover, his wife, who he is as a person, and he desperately wants to get his life back before it is to late and he is lost completely. Caz is the head of the gang and is a respected icon in his neighborhood, he has just gotten out of prison and he to is done with the life in the streets and wants to get of the game before its to late too. My favortie quote in this movie was said by Tango "Everybody knows, that these streets, They got an experation date." It shows that they know when enough is enough, but by the end things go wrong and they get betrayed by one of their own who wants to take control and Tango wants revenge so he goes to where their hang out is to seek it.
Eddie, Sal, and Tango all three of these police officer's stories, life, and problems all lead them to the same point, destination, place, and time, and all their stories connect together all just like that. I like how the director made all the paths lead up to the same point, and its funny how they all don't know that there all in the same police division. In order to see how it all unfolds go see the movie in theaters because trust me its worth it. All the main actors in this movie did an amazing job in each of there roles you really buy there part and get into their stories because of the acting ability. None of them really interact with each other except for Wesley Snipes and Don Cheadle and they took the cake because they had really good chemistry together. So the director did a good job wit picking the cast, the setting, and creating the story. Because you really get the look and feel on how Brooklyn, New York is and it's police department. So I give this movie 5 stars and two thumbs up.
