Heroes of the Night - We Own the Night

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie
German title Heroes of the Night - We Own the Night
Original title We own the night
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length 117 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director James Gray
script James Gray
production Marc Butan ,
Joaquin Phoenix ,
Mark Wahlberg ,
Nick Wechsler
music Wojciech Kilar
camera Joaquín Baca-Asay
cut John Axelrad
occupation

Heroes of the Night - We Own the Night is a 2007 American drama film directed by James Gray .

action

Robert Grusinsky aka Bobby Green is enjoying life as the manager of a hip New York nightclub to the fullest, while his brother Joseph is following in his father's footsteps with the New York Police Department . After a drug raid in Bobby's club, the two very different brothers get into a fight in which they both insult each other and part unspoken. Joseph, who deliberately brought up drug dealer Vadim Nezhinski during the raid, was shot down in front of his house a short time later and was admitted to hospital seriously injured. When Bobby learns about it, he recognizes which of the two sides he would like to decide on and agrees to serve as a decoy. He gets in touch with Pavel Lubyarsky - Vadim Nezhinski's right-hand man - to find out something about an upcoming big drug deal. In Vadim Nezhinski's drug shop, Bobby's double game is discovered and the police are almost too late to save him. Bobby kills Lubyarsky, is seriously injured himself, and Nezhinski is arrested. Bobby is accepted into the witness protection program and from now on lives with his girlfriend Amada Juarez in constantly changing hotels.

When the two of them are due to be relocated, they are betrayed by Bobby's former best friend Jumbo Falsetti. Deputy Chief Albert Grusinsky - Bobby's and Joseph's father - is killed. From then on, Bobby would like to go to the police to actively participate in the prosecution of the Mafiosi. His girlfriend can no longer bear the constant fear and leaves him.

Vadim Nezhinski, who escaped on a hospital visit, now becomes the main target of Joseph and Bobby Grusinsky. The owner of Bobby's former club - Marat Buzhayev - is Nezhinski's uncle. The Grusinsky brothers have Buzhayev shadowed. The only clue they have is his planned trip with his grandchildren for riding lessons. The police lurk there at the said time and hear about the deal between the club owner and other dealers. Vadim Nezhinski is also there. The police arrest the club owner Buzhayev and Vadim Nezhinski is killed by Bobby.

At the end of the film, Joseph and Bobby can be seen together in police uniform as the New York Police Academy graduates are fired. Bobby thinks he sees Amada in the audience, but in the next scene it turns out that it is another woman who only looks like her.

Reviews

The film received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes received 86 positive and 65 negative reviews. Metacritic counted 19 positive, 14 mixed and no negative publications. On the Internet Movie Database page, the weighted average rating of 6.8 out of 10 was determined from 82,172 users.

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the many coincidences weighed heavily on the plot, but the film is an effective drama and offers enough tension for the audience to stay until the credits. The events of the last 20 minutes are "relatively predictable". The cast is "strong", but there are no noteworthy representations.

Rotten Tomatoes described the film as a "suspenseful crime drama" that addresses a "crisis of conscience".

Awards

James Gray was nominated for the Palme d'Or in 2007 and for the César in 2008. The film was nominated for the Visual Effects Society Award in 2008.

background

The film, set in New York in 1988, starts with a series of photographs by Magnum photographer Leonard Freed from his series on the work of the NYPD in the 1970s to introduce the subject of the life of police officers in New York.

Heroes of the Night was filmed in New York City, including at the Paradise Movie Theater in the Bronx . Its production amounted to an estimated 21 million US dollars . The film took part in the 2007 Cannes International Film Festival as a competition entry.

The film was released in US cinemas on October 12, 2007 and grossed around 27.6 million US dollars. It started in German cinemas on February 21, 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Heroes of the Night - We Own the Night . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2008 (PDF; test number: 112 511 K).
  2. ↑ We Own the Night on rottentomatoes.com , accessed February 23, 2020
  3. ↑ We Own the Night on metacritic.com , accessed February 23, 2020
  4. ↑ We Own the Night on imdb.com , accessed February 23, 2020
  5. ^ Film review by James Berardinelli , accessed May 14, 2008
  6. ^ Criticism on rottentomatoes.com
  7. ↑ Plot summary on kino.de
  8. ↑ Filming locations for We Own the Night
  9. ↑ a b Box office / business for We Own the Night
  10. ↑ a b We Own the Night premiere dates

Web links