We Own the Night (2007)


Joaquin Phoenix         Bobby Green
Eva Mendes              Amanda Juarez
Robert Duvall           Burt Grusinsky
Alex Veadov             Vadim Nezhinski
Dominic Colon           Freddie
Moni Moshonov           Marat Buzhayev
Antoni Corone           Michael Solo
Tony Musante            Jack Shapiro
Mark Wahlberg           Joseph Grusinsky/ Joseph Grusinsky
Danny Hoch              Jumbo Falsetti
Oleg Taktarov           Pavel Lubyarsky
Elena Solovei           Kalina Buzhayev
Maggie Kiley            Sandra Grusinsky
Paul Herman             Spiro Giavannis
Craig Walker            Russell de Keifer
Scott Nicholson         Nat the Cop
Robert C. Kirk          Sergeant Provenzano

Directed by:            James Gray
Produced by:            Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Anthony Katagas


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.

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Brooklyn, 1988. Crime is rife, especially drugs and drug violence. A Russian thug is building 
his heroin trade, while everyone laughs at the cops. Brothers have chosen different paths: Joe 
has followed his father Bert into New York's Finest; he's a rising star. Bobby, who uses his 
mother's maiden name, manages a club. Bobby too is on the rise: he has a new girlfriend and a 
green-light to develop a Manhattan club. Joe and Bert ask him to help with intelligence gathering; 
he declines. Then, Joe raids Bobby's club to arrest the Russian. From there, things spiral out of 
control: the Russian puts out a hit on Joe, personal losses mount, and Bobby's loyalties face 
the test.