"Brooklyn's Finest"

Another cameo in 'Brooklyn's Finest', now screening at the Sundance Film Festival.

3.11.09 - Vincent is credited as Carlo - thanks Sharon!

excerpted from Variety, 1.17.09

Not that "Brooklyn's Finest" is drab or visually lazy; it is, however, a narrative muddle. Three main characters are introduced: First, Eddie (Richard Gere) wakes up in the morning and puts a gun barrel in his mouth, rehearsing for suicide. Second, Sal (Ethan Hawke) -- after chatting amiably in a car with what we assume is a fellow gangster (Vincent D'Onofrio) -- shoots the guy in the face and robs him of a bag of cash. And third, a very slick, very dangerous Tango (Don Cheadle) is cruising Brownsville, clearly at ease with thug life, orchestrating the running of big bags of coke. But all three are actually cops, serving at various levels of the NYPD hierarchy. And all three are poster boys for the corrupting influence of easy money, no respect and a vision of the future that's begging them to sell out.

No information on D'Onofrio's appearance.
Brooklyn's Finest cast includes Ethan Hawke (Staten Island, Chelsea Walls, Newton Boys) and Lili Taylor (below) (Mystic Pizza)

Lili Taylor as Hawke's wife in "Brooklyn's Finest".


Antoine Fuqua directs Richard Gere in Brooklyn's Finest.