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Brooklyn's Finest (Forum Thread) Initial Reviewer: Trumpetman Response Reviews: 0 Write a Response Review

Initial Review
by Trumpetman

So I was up at the theater one evening and we were watching this movie. I wasn’t sure what to think of it, one of my friends had told me that it was good, but I came in with some very VERY low expectations to say the very least.

Anyways, after watching the movie, I was very disappointed. The fact is, my low expectations weren’t low enough apparently for me to enjoy this movie. All I saw was cliche after cliche.

"Brooklyn’s Finest" is definitely about the police force and has everything you have come to expect from police movies(or tv shows for that matter), unrealistic drama. That was one key point in all of this. The movie is full of it. From the actors to the simple direction of each scene, you are hammered with cliche from opening to close.

As a bit of a side note: I did like the way they edited the music. The arrangement was alright, but it did fit well with the movie as a whole.

Now obviously these are some strong words toward a movie I barely paid attention to, but I find it bad when someone important is killed and I don’t care.

Let me separate this one out a bit since parts of the movie were good!

The writing wasn’t too bad, especially for a cop movie. Most of the time you find things like CSI imitators interlaced into the writing, but not as much here. Though, don’t get me wrong, it was still full of the cliche cop work and it wasn’t unexpected on the way it ended.

The direction wasn’t too bad, I didn’t like the director’s choice of some camera shots which made me sit back and have to think, “Why did the director go with this shot? Why not, blah blah blah”.

The acting was what really brought this movie down to the ground. The actors appeared to have been sloppily thrown together and they didn’t really connect. Sure there were a few parts where the actors/actresses connected, but those were few and far between.

I can’t say it’s the worst movie I have ever been to. Trust me, Battlefield Earth still takes that cake. I don’t really suggest to anyone to really watch it other than maybe watch some of the cooler action scenes. Those were probably the highlight of the whole movie. Even saying so, it isn’t enough to make me want to ever really watch it again.

Rating: 2/5 Unconnected Actors/Actresses
If you want a movie that can help pass the time, sure go rent it from like Netflix or something. Other than that, I can’t really say that I am pleased with how much I had to spend(matinee prices). Although if you are a hard-core cop movie goer, sure go see it. Maybe it will entertain you, maybe not.

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