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Title: Quality acting, sub par story and writing............
Review: I had high hopes for Brooklyn's Finest. I mean, how can you go wrong with the likes ofRichard Gere , Ethan Hawke and the great Don Cheadle? (not to mention Wesley Snipes who in an ironic twist is getting OUT of prison) The answer is: Ho-Hum seen-it-all-before writing. Instead of a solid satisfying story you get predictable and highly gratuitous violence. Just when things start to look like MAYBE the story is going somewhere, you get the tried and true (or not so true in this case)plot device of separate lives colliding. IN this case I found myself saying "So What" ? If pointless and depressing with a story that ultimately goes nowhere is what you are after, then this movie will be very satisfying. If not, look elsewhere to kill a few hours. Hitting yourself on the head with a hammer comes to mind. (ok, it isn't quite THAT bad)
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