New York Adult Entertainment: Review: Brooklyn’s Finest
The opening scene involves a Brooklyn cop, Sal (Ethan Hawke) shooting a man (Vincent D’Onofrio) and then proceeding to steal the dead guy’s wad of cash. It turns out his cop salary isn’t cutting it. His wife is expecting twins and he is trying to buy a bigger house for his family. (Oddly enough, the basement in his home is used as a poker room for him and his fellow cop buddies.)
The second of three cops is Eddie (Richard Gere), a veteran of the police force.
He’s been working on the job for the last two years and has seven days left until his retirement is official. But he’s not exactly what you would call a role model. He’s an alcoholic, he sleeps around with a prostitute and he would rather ignore a situation than take action while he is working.