A New Direction, Brooklyn's Finest Review

I'd like to take this blog in a slightly different direction. Tin Can Cinema will be here more for reviews, than for movie news. But don't get me wrong, you'll still be able to find news on in development projects from time to time. I just feel that's where I should take Tin Can Cinema.

So until after the weekend, I only have one DVD review for you.

Brooklyn's Finest
Director - Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Tears of the Sun)
Cast - Ethan Hawke, Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Wesley Snipes

I talked about this film a little bit earlier in the week when I gave a list of all the newest DVD releases for this week. I've been quite busy and haven't gotten around to seeing the other releases, but I promise you that I will have them to you shortly.

Brooklyn's Finest was surprisingly better than I though it would be. I'm a huge fan of all of the actors in this film and I feel that they each complimented the story respectively. Ethan Hawke who plays the 'desperate dad/cop' quite well, gets a good portion of the screen time. He really brings you into the story and does a good job of having you picture how life is in his shoes, which was something that I really enjoyed.



I have never been a big fan of Richard Gere's films. But he didn't do too bad in this one. He has worked in a lot of recent romance films; it was nice to see him step out into something a little gritty.



Don Cheadle is one of my favorite actors. I was extremely disappointed that he did not get enough screen time that I would have liked to see. I'm sure that the producers of the show could have found someone else to play this role instead of paying Cheadle's quote. I'm not denying his role in the movie, just that it could have easily been portrayed with someone else for half of the money.





Wesley Snipes. Going into this film, I was extremely excited to see Wesley Snipes pull out a solid 'gangster role' and steal the show. It just wasn't there. I wake up every morning hoping that Wesley Snipes would get more roles, but he just doesn't. As much as I hate to say it, Wesley just didn't do it for me this time.

Overall, I enjoyed the flick. It was not one of my favorite cop films (Training Day and The Departed), but it was not something that I couldn't sit through. There was more 'outside of the office cop drama' that I feel is really good to see in cop movies. Without, the movie becomes bland and boring.

Go out and rent/buy/ Brooklyn's Finest.

Rating - 7/10