Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 6.5 · 68% critics
In 1950s Brooklyn, several lives intersect around a tense labor strike and a harsh neighborhood where prejudice, poverty, and desperation shape every choice. As people chase love, belonging, and a way out, their hopes collide with violence, double standards, and a community that can feel as trapped as they are.
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-07-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (115 votes)
About
You may like this if you can handle a bleak, intense drama about working-class life, intolerance, and violence, with a raw, oppressive mood; Not for you if you want comfort, likable characters, or lighter fare like Dark Blue.
Pros: gritty, authentic atmosphere; bold, unflinching themes; strong lead performances | Cons: extremely disturbing content; too many threads; few likable characters
Themes
- new york city
- prostitute
- based on novel or book
- fight
- sexuality
- union
- brooklyn, new york city
- 1950s
Cast & crew
Stephen Lang
as Harry Black
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Tralala
Burt Young
as Big Joe
Peter Dobson
as Vinnie
Christopher Murney
as Paulie
Jerry Orbach
as Boyce
Alexis Arquette
as Georgette
Stephen Baldwin
as Sal
John Costelloe
as Tommy
- CJ
Cameron Johann
as Spook
Directed by Uli Edel