We Own the Night sounds like it might be a better title for the upcoming 30 Days of Night while the story itself seems to be a mix of The Departed and another upcoming movie, American Gangster. I go back and forth on this one when I see the trailer, so I’m not terribly sure what to expect with this one. The cast looks very solid all the way through, but the director, James Gray, has just a few under his belt and I’m not familiar with any of them. But get this, his last film, The Yards, was another New York crime/gangster/drama film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg. That one didn’t even break the $1M mark. Second time the charm?

We Own the Night - Details:
Release Date: October 12, 2007
Genre: Drama and Crime/Gangster
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes
Director: James Gray
Rating: R for strong violence, drug material, language, sexual content, and brief nudity.

We Own the Night - Plot:

Bobby Green has turned his back on the family business. The popular manager of El Caribe, the legendary Russian-owned nightclub in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach, he has changed his last name and concealed his connection to a long line of distinguished New York cops. For Bobby, every night is a party, as he greets friends and customers or dances with his beautiful Puerto Rican girlfriend, Amada, in a haze of cigarette smoke and disco music. But it’s 1988, and New York City’s drug trade is escalating. Bobby tries to keep a friendly distance from the Russian gangster who is operating out of the nightclub–a gangster who is being targeted by his brother, Joseph, an up-and-coming NYPD officer, and his father, Burt, the legendary deputy chief of police.

We Own the Night - Movie Trailer:

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