'Brooklyn's Finest' is flawed but fiercely entertaining
8:03 AM on 03/05/2010
In this film publicity image released by Overture Films, Wesley Snipes, left, and Don Cheadle are shown in a scene from, "Brooklyn's Finest." (AP Photo/Overure Films, Phillip V. Caruso)
Director Antoine Fuqua has been chasing the shadow of his biggest hit-to-date, Training Day, for almost a decade. After that breakout success, (for which Denzel Washington won a much-deserved Academy Award for best actor) Fuqua's subsequent films have disappointed either commercially (King Arthur), critically (Shooter) or both (Tears of the Sun). With his latest, Brooklyn's Finest (which opens Friday, March 5), Fuqua is finally back in his comfort zone--the police thriller--and although this work doesn't come close to surpassing Denzel's classic--it is at times a worthy successor.
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