Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
On second thought, Brooklyn's Finest does indeed provide a new genre twist. This must be the only cop movie ever made where a character is driven off the deep end by mold.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
5 Mar 2010
rotten:
The problem for filmmakers trying to make this kind of movie is that they are now operating in a post-Wire world.
– Tom Maurstad,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar 2010
rotten:
Tawdry, slick and self-consciously gritty.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
5 Mar 2010
rotten:
As directed by Antoine Fuqua, the film is well-acted, occasionally hair-raising but ultimately made from stale material.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
5 Mar 2010
rotten:
Any movie that ends on a freeze frame of Richard Gere walking stoically away from a crime scene teeming with police car lights can't be all good.