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Critic rating 7.5

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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

...this is an atmospheric, intense film, well acted, and when it's working it has a real urgency.

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Critic Scott Tobias
rated 7

...plays like a masterpiece because it skillfully appropriates actual masterpieces...

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Cast & Crew

James Gray
Director
James Gray
Writer
Doug Torres
As Schneider
Doug Torres
Director
Maggie Kiley
As Sandra Grusinsky
Maggie Kiley
Director
Ashley Avis
As Vadim's Girlfriend

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What is We Own the Night about? Toggle content

In the gritty world of 1980s New York City, a nightclub manager named Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) finds himself caught in a bloody struggle between the Russian mafia and his own family, who are members of the NYPD. With his brother Joseph (Mark Wahlberg) and father Burt (Robert Duvall) on the hit list, Bobby must choose between his loyalty to the mobsters who employ him and his family's law enforcement legacy. As the violence escalates and the stakes become higher, Bobby must make a decision that will determine his fate and the fate of those he loves. Will he join forces with his family to bring down the brutal mafia, or will he become a member of the powerful criminal organization that has a stranglehold on the city's nightlife? The fate of New York City hangs in the balance in this tense and gripping crime thriller.

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What movies are similar to We Own the Night? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as We Own the Night include Unthinkable, The Lincoln Lawyer, Memories of Murder, The Town, The Departed, A History of Violence.

When was We Own the Night released in theaters? Toggle content

We Own the Night was released in theaters on October 12, 2007.