The new trailer for Brooklyn’s Finest makes it look like a gritty, subtle cop movie in the vein of The Departed but I’m here to tell you not to buy it. It’s the latest from director Antoine Fuqua who gained respect for Training Day and has been spinning his wheels trying to duplicate that success ever since. But it’s becoming increasingly clear that Fuqua’s success was kind of a fluke and even though he’s returned to the genre that made his name in the first place, Brooklyn’s Finest is another failure.

There’s nothing subtle or smart about it. It’s clumsy and hamfisted, an obvious movie about ridiculous cop and criminal stereotypes caught up in a dead-end, ill-conceived plot. You won’t, however, see any of that in the movie’s first trailer. The trailer is actually kind of good and does a good job of showcasing the film’s star-studded cast which includes Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Wesley Snipes, Ethan Hawke, and Will Patton. This movie is not their fault.

Watch the trailer for Brooklyn’s Finest in HD on Apple or watch it below:



And just in case you still harbor thoughts of seeing this thing, check out my review from earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival here.