Brooklyn's Finest

This should have been called, “Whatever you do, don’t go to Brooklyn. It’s a gang-infested hell-hole.” The movie skillfully jumps around between multiple characters all of whom are cops. The acting is strong but we don’t spend enough time with the characters to REALLY get to know them. Technically impressive, suspenseful sequences of police raids in tight, confined gang lairs make for gripping drama. But it’s ultimately a depressing depiction of corruption and good cops’ fruitless efforts to control drug-violence.