Street Kings | Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker | Street Kings is a GREAT ACTION MOVIE!

Street Kings | Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker | Street Kingz Review

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Street Kings

	Street Kings Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker 20th Century Fox, 2008 average customer review:based on 56 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Gripping performances by Keanu Reeves Academy Award® Winner Forest Whitaker* and an all-star supporting cast power this action-packed crime thriller in which a veteran cop finds himself ensnared in a deadly web of conspiracy and betrayal. Reeves stars as Tom Ludlow a hard-nosed detective with a talent for delivering brutal street justice. When evidence implicates him in the murder of a fellow officer the violence around Ludlow explodes as he realizes his own life is in danger and he can trust no one.System Requirements:Running Time: 100 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/CRIME Rating: R UPC: 024543526094 Manufacturer No: 2252609

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Street Kings is a GREAT ACTION MOVIE!

Very good movie, AAA star cast. This is a great action movie and keeps you guessing through the whole movie. I would recommend watching.

Street Kingz Review

If you were a fan of "Training Day", the TV series "The Shield", or just wanna see how Keanu Reeves portrays a corrupt, killing machine, LA cop then this is your flick.

Overall, a surprisingly good mystery moving, action packed movie.

Worth Watching - Interesting twists

Though it started a little slow for me, I ultimately really got into this movie. The story takes you through a kind of puzzle - you think you know what's going on for a while, so it even feels boring. But then suddenly the plot takes several twisty turns and you get pulled in. It was absorbing and I found that I really wanted to watch to the end to solve the mystery.

The story was very dark. There was a lot of graphic violence, as well as a look into the dark side of seemingly good people. I suspect there was a lot of reality built into this script, which makes it all the more disturbing.

Most of the acting was flawless. Keanu was great and believable. Forest Whitaker was superb as usual. There was one key character (the man who keanu's character teamed up with during the second half of the movie) that I felt was written into the script too superficially. The amount of sacrifice and commitment he showed was really not explained. However the actor did a fine job.

I wouldn't say that this was among my favorite movies, but I do feel it's worth watching if you like a police drama or a good mystery. This would not be good for those who wish to stay away from violence, or the disturbing message the movie carries.

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Surprisingly good...but not great

The screen play written by James Ellroy is about a troubled cop, a dirty but effective unit in the troubled LAPD and of course corruption that goes (da da dum) ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. To paraphrase David Spade's Hollywood Minute - I liked it better the first time......when it was called "L. A. Confidential".

Still, if you like movies about cops and bad guys and don't want to watch LA Confidential again, this is a pretty good take on a story we never seem to get tired of watching. Its essentially the same story Ellroy has been writing since he began. Good cops trying to do the right thing in a bad world and having to answer the age old question "where does it all end? who polices the police?" At times I thought the story was going to devolve into a liberal PC morality lesson where the only bad guys are the cops and everyone else is an innocent victim, even the perps. Ellroy is too seasoned a writer to not give us a good story and a mystery. This movie may not be a classic and there's nothing really new here but it's a good re-telling of the troubled/dirty cop story.

And if that's the kind of thing you like, then you're going to like this kind of thing. Very watchable and engaging. The first extended sequence scene is particularly good starting with Keanu waking up and ending at the gang house. This seems to be a trademark of Ellroy in which the story is comprised of a sequence of gripping and compelling scenes and even though the ending maybe predictable, its a good ride.

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