TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Petia Vladimirova I love the idea and I hate the performance. Too slow, too lazy, too anemic movie. All the scenes are behind some mug, actors are lazy, one or two good scenes. Everything is so empty of emotions, you can't say if the guy just get stabbed into the neck or he is resting at the floor. I couldn't stand to watch all of it. Completely lost of time. Mark Wahlberg have a great roles, this one is just pathetic. It's a bad drama and really bad action. Not enough for thriller, not enough for whatever. There's no life in this movie. All of the actors are ugly. Not physical ugly, their radiance. In every story even the bad guy have his charm, here even good guys are antipathetic.

sammy-balamy Great performances and direction. The characters are three dimensional, not overstated and sympathetic. Even though it's a two hour film it was good enough to have been longer without dragging. All of the characters are interesting enough to merit more time for development. I'll be looking for a director's cut or an extended version. Forget the formulaic, plodding, and disjointed accusations. This is simply a good story with credible characters who have realistic and multi-layered relationships with one another. Formulaic films are based on a popular format without any depth or insight; this movie has both. Because sibling rivalries and cop dramas are popular doesn't mean they should be ignored as a subject.Plodding movies have scenes failing in dialogue and performance which slow the plot down. I didn't find one scene to fault in this way, both dialogue and performance are top notch. Disjointed means that the plot doesn't flow in a coherent manner making the movie looked spliced together. The plot's progression and coherence had me watching intently for the whole movie and trying to think ahead for the characters, to find it disjointed one would need a pretty short attention span. A great find and a nice change from the many formulaic cop movies around.

Tones Vette This film drags. After a few fits and starts when you hope if finally gets going, another dull, irrelevant scene that could have been left on the cutting room floor sucks you back down. Donny Wahlberg barely gets a supporting role. Joaquin shines enough you want to suffer to see it through. But the way the action goes down is SOOO unlikely, you wonder who the heck was advising the writers and director. They've obviously never worked a club or scored on a connect. And by the end, all the characters just fall flat.The first scene is the bomb. You can catch that on Youtube and save the next two hours for something worthy.

Uriah43 It's good to see a movie on the subject of drugs, organized crime and the police that is both hard-hitting and realistic but without the non-stop action and improbable stunts that are so prevalent in today's film industry. For that reason I really enjoyed this movie. Along with that, even though I have never been a big fan of either Joaquin Phoenix or Eva Mendes, I have to admit that I thought both of them gave truly outstanding performances in this film. "Bobby Green" (Joaquin Phoenix) is the manager of a very successful nightclub in New York. "Amanda Juarez" (Eva Mendes) is his girlfriend. Both of them are having the time of their lives and are completely oblivious to the war on drugs going on all around them. "Joseph Grusinsky" (Mark Wahlberg) is the brother of Bobby Green and has just been promoted to captain in the New York Police Department. His primary duty is to crack down on drugs and his main target is a key member of the Russian mafia, "Vadim Nezhinski" (played by Alex Veadov), who has lately begun to frequent Bobby's nightclub. Joseph decides to lead a raid on the nightclub which leads to serious problems for all concerned. Having said that, the writer/director (James Gray) goes on to weave a gripping story with just enough action and drama to keep the audience intrigued but without going overboard on one or the other. Now, those who insist on cheap stunts and lots of CGI probably won't like this film. But for those who appreciate good acting, good writing, and a good plot then this is a movie that is definitely worth your time.