History Film / BrooklynsFinest

* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler:Sal's death]]. Man Man, a lookout, sees him walking into an apartment complex, then a few minutes later, [[spoiler:he randomly shows up and kills Sal]]. And then he runs away. GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere much?

''Brooklyn's Finest'' is a 2010 American crime film starring Creator/RichardGere, Creator/DonCheadle, Creator/EthanHawke, and Creator/WesleySnipes. It is directed by Antoine Fuqua, and written by Michael C. Martin, a one-time subway flagger from East New York. It was the first film to sell at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, for a sales price of "under 5 million dollars." The film was released in North America on March 5, 2010.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Amusingly enough, Duggan doesn't get to run off with Chantal, a hooker who appears to be his only friend. Made all the more amusing by the character's actor being Richard Geere of ''Film/PrettyWoman'' fame.

The film tells the story of three police officers operating in the Projects. They are:

* BittersweetEnding: Eddie survives the violent shoot out and retires with dignity. Sal provides the money for his wife and kids, [[spoiler: but said money was his life insurance]], Clarence [[spoiler: dies, but claims his revenge]].
** Its never revealed if Sal's family got any [[spoiler: life insurance,]] and since [[spoiler: he was killed in the midst of his own robbery and not in the line of duty, his family will probably not get any police benefits]].
** DownerEnding: In the alternate ending, [[spoiler: Eddie kills himself soon after]], and it turns out that [[spoiler: Caz faked his death]].

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Tango. At the beginning of the movie, he complains that he's tired of being undercover because other cops mistaken him for being a thug simply for being "a black man in a black car." At the end of the film, he gets killed for that very same reason: Rosario accidentally thought he was a thug shooting another person in the middle of the street, so he shot him to death. For added irony, Rosario had earlier objected to the racist jokes made by his poker buddies with a reminder that his own wife is black]].

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Detective Butler aka. "Tango" [[spoiler: guns down an already wounded Red in the street, emptying a whole clip into him (with a Jericho 941 no less.) Then pops another clip in to empty it as well. He's shot before he could though.]]
* TriggerHappy: Downplayed by Sal. Special mention goes to the rookie cop, who holds a gun on a teen's head and ends up accidentally firing.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: The central theme of the film. Many of the "villains" are equally or more sympathetic than the people who stay on the right side of the law, while there are quite a few honest and dedicated officers who only end up [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making things worse]] (such as [[spoiler:Ronny's attempt to stop Sal leading him to kill Tango, and only belatedly realizing Tango is a fellow officer. The two eager young officers who shadow Duggan also end up coming to ruin in different ways.]]).

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Rosario, [[spoiler:upon discovering he's just shot and killed a fellow officer.]]

* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler:Sal's death]]. A random guy (presumably a drug dealer) sees him walking into an apartment complex, then a few minutes later, [[spoiler:he randomly shows up and kills Sal]]. And then he runs away. GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere much?

* KarmaHoudini: The man who [[spoiler:shot and killed Sal]] runs away and presumably disappears before Rosario or any other cops even find out who he is.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Detective Butler aka. "Tango" [[spoiler: guns down an already wounded Red in the street, emptying a whole clip into him (with a Jericho 941 no less.) Then pops another clip in to empty it as well. He's shot before he could though. ]]

* PacManFever: This is averted, as some of the drug dealers are shown playing ''{{Mercenaries}}'' on a [=PS2=].

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Eddieo strangles one of the kiddnapers to death with a ''zip tie''.

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Tango. At the beginning of the movie, he complains that he's tired of being undercover because other cops mistaken him for being a thug simply for being "a black man in a black car." At the end of the film, he gets killed for that very same reason: Rosario accidentally thought he was a thug shooting another person in the middle of the street, so he shot him to death]].

* BigApplesauce
* BecomingTheMask: A strange case in Butler/Tango. Clarence Butler seems to fear this happening if he stays undercover. This is evident when he tells his superior how he considered killing two highway officers during a traffic stop and regretting not doing so once he found out about the police robbery/murder. This is why he pleads for a desk job. Since he [[spoiler: ends up getting killed by another officer while in the midst of carrying out street justice, it seems he may have indeed become the mask, though he was trying to hide behind the badge.]]

* BrooklynRage
* ClusterFBomb

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Eddie strangles a man to death with a ''zip tie''.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Amusingly enough, Duggan doesn't get to run off with Chantal, a hooker who appears to be his only friend. Made all the more amusing by the character's actor being Richard Geere of ''PrettyWoman'' fame.

* NewYorkCityCops

* PacManFever: This is averted, as some of the drug dealers are shown playing ''{{Mercenaries}}'' on a PS2.

'''''Brooklyn's Finest''''' is a 2010 American crime film starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes. It is directed by Antoine Fuqua, and written by Michael C. Martin, a one-time subway flagger from East New York. It was the first film to sell at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, for a sales price of "under 5 million dollars." The film was released in North America on March 5, 2010.

* {{Retirony}}: Deliberately averted by Eddie, who starts the film with two weeks before retirement and has no ambition except to [[GenreSavvy keep his head down and avoid any trouble]], to the point where a rookie who's assigned to him calls him out for being a coward. [[spoiler: Inverted when said rookie is unceremoniously killed off screen in his first week on the job, while Eddie is the only one of the three main characters to survive to the end.]]

* Retirony: Deliberately averted by Eddie, who starts the film with two weeks before retirement and has no ambition except to [[GenreSavvy keep his head down and avoid any trouble]], to the point where a rookie who's assigned to him calls him out for being a coward. [[spoiler: Inverted when said rookie is unceremoniously killed off screen in his first week on the job, while Eddie is the only one of the three main characters to survive to the end.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Detective Butler aka. "Tango [[spoiler: guns down an already wounded Red in the street, emptying a whole clip into him (with a Jericho 941 no less.) Then pops another clip in to empty it as well. He's shot before he could though. ]]

* Retirony: Deliberatly averted by Eddie, who starts the film with two weeks before retirement and has no ambition except to [[GenreSavvy: keep his head down and avoid any trouble]], to the point where a rookie who's assigned to him calls him out for being a coward. [[spoiler: Inverted when said rookie is unceremoniously killed off screen in his first week on the job, while Eddie is the only one of the three main characters to survive to the end.]]

* Retirony: Deliberatly averted by Eddie, who starts the film with two weeks before retirement and has no ambition except to [[GenreSaavy: keep his head down and avoid any trouble]], to the point where a rookie who's assigned to him calls him out for being a coward. [[spoiler: Inverted when said rookie is unceremoniously killed off screen in his first week on the job, while Eddie is the only one of the three main characters to survive to the end.]]

* BadCopIncompetentCop

* BecomingTheMask: A strange case in Butler/Tango. Clarence Butler seems to fear this happening if he stays undercover. This is evident when he tells his superior how he considered killing two highway officers during a traffic stop and regretting not doing so once he found out about the police robbery/murder. This is why he pleads for a desk job. Since he [[spoiler: ends up getting killed by another officer while in the midst of carrying out street justice, it seems he may have indeed become the mask, though he was trying to hide behind the badge.]] A strong case of YourMileageMayVary however.