Three unconnected Brooklyn cops (Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke) wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.

Running time/rating: 2:13; R for bloody violence throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, drug content and pervasive language

What they’re saying: “Other than a few dashes of humor managed by Hawke, the movie is relentlessly bleak and barbarous, (director Antoine) Fuqua grinding viewers down through his cavemen-with-badges depiction of police work.” – David Germain, Associated Press