Brooklyn's Finest

''Brooklyn's Finest'' is a 2009 American crime film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin. The film stars Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes in his first widely released film since 2004. ''Brooklyn's Finest'' had its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2009, and released in the United States on March 5, 2010.

Plot

While talking in a car, Detective Sal Procida shoots someone named Carlo Powers, grabs a bag of money and flees. Sal later confesses the murder to a priest, asking for help with his abysmal financial situation: his wife is pregnant with twins, and they live in a house that is too small for their four existing children; it also has mold that jeopardizes his family's health.

Desperate to move, Sal arranged to purchase a larger home through a woman who owes him a favor. The down payment is due the following Tuesday, and Sal is still short. Sal, who is a New York City Police Department (NYPD) narcotics detective, has begun to steal drug money from raids.

Officer Edward "Eddie" Dugan is a week from retirement after 22 years of unremarkable service with the NYPD. Despite his impending retirement, Eddie is assigned to oversee a rookie. Eddie is an alcoholic who has suicidal thoughts. The only person he can speak to honestly is Chantel, a sex worker he hires regularly.

Officer Clarence "Tango" Butler is an undercover cop working the drug beat. Tango is tired of the kind of attention attracted by a black man in a black BMW. Having been promised a promotion including a desk job for years, Butler is finally offered detective first grade if he betrays his close friend Caz Phillips, a known criminal recently released from federal prison. Federal Agent Smith instructs Tango to set up the drug deal that will ensure Caz's arrest and return to federal prison.

Eddie's rookie partner has a background with the Marine Corps and becomes disgusted with Eddie's apparent cowardice and cynicism. The rookie asks to be reassigned, but is killed on his next assignment. Eddie's second rookie partner accidentally fires his gun near a teenager's head during a petty theft investigation. The teenager goes deaf, leaving the NYPD facing a public relations nightmare. During the investigation, Eddie is remorseful for what will happen to the rookie, but refuses to twist the truth to portray the teen as a drug dealer despite encouragement by Internal Affairs investigators.

When Tango warns Caz to abort their upcoming drug deal, they are ambushed. Caz is shot under orders from Red, a gangster Tango previously humiliated. After Smith makes a racist remark and refuses to pursue Red, a furious Tango lunges at her but fellow officers restrain him.

Sal's team's latest raid on an apartment is cancelled, but he goes anyway to steal the money for his house. One of his team members, Detective Ronny Rosario, tries but fails to stop Sal from going.

Eddie retires from the NYPD and visits Chantel, who refuses his offer to move to Connecticut. While sitting in his car contemplating suicide, Eddie sees a woman who had earlier been reported missing being shoved into a van. Eddie follows the van to the Van Dyke housing projects.

As Sal approaches, Tango enters the building, having come to kill Red. Sal breaks into the apartment and, after killing three drug dealers, discovers their stockpile of cash. While pocketing the money, Sal is shot dead by a young man, who became suspicious after noticing Sal hanging around.

Tango leaves Gutta alive and pursues a wounded Red outside the building to kill him. An arriving Rosario mistakes him for a gangster and shoots him in the back. Only after shooting Tango does Rosario realize he shot another officer. He calls for an ambulance. Rosario leaves a wounded Tango to continue his search for Sal to stop him. Rosario witnesses the young man fleeing from the crime scene and is devastated when he finds Sal's dead body in the apartment.

Meanwhile, Eddie locates a sex slave dungeon in the building's basement. Eddie apprehends one of the men and is confronted by another, "Dragon". When Dragon does not comply with his orders to get on the floor, Eddie shoots him once in the chest, beginning a violent fight that ends with Eddie strangling himwith a zip tie. The emergency response workers take custody of the girls and men while Eddie walks away.

Cast

* Richard Gere as Officer Eddie Dugan
* Don Cheadle as Detective Clarence Butler / Tango
* Ethan Hawke as Detective Sal Procida
* Wesley Snipes as Casanova "Caz" Phillips
* Will Patton

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