Street Kings

R16
2008
|
109 mins
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David Ayer (writer of Training Day) directs this crime thriller co-written by author James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential and The Black... More

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Street Kings | Ratings & Reviews

"It’s been a while since we’ve had a decent LAPD drama. Street Kings provides a welcome return to the slums of South Central, where gangsters, pimps and corrupt policemen roam amongst the convenience stores and chicken-wire fences."

Flicks, Andrew HedleyFlicks

"Brutal look at police corruption that allows director David Ayer and "L.A. Confidential" author James Ellroy to pool their deeply cynical insights."

VarietyVariety

"Wastes a moderately intriguing premise by filling it with laughably clichéd dialogue, one-dimensional characters and implausible turns of events."

USA TodayUSA Today

"It’s easy to laugh at “Street Kings” for its bigger than big emotions, its preposterously kinky narrative turns and overwrought jawing and yowling, but there’s no doubt that it also keeps you watching, really watching, all the way to the end."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

""Kings" covers familiar territory but does so with ruthless efficiency, intense performances and a densely packed plot designed to highlight the moral issues that most concern Ayer and Ellroy."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"If you're looking for some big, stupid fun, you could do worse than Street Kings."

Premiere MagazinePremiere Magazine

"In Ellroy's original scenario "Street Kings" was a period piece, set in the 1990s just after the Rodney King riots. I wonder if it would've made more sense that way. As is, it unfolds in a present that feels dislocated and artificial, where everybody talks fancy-gangster talk while turning the mean streets even meaner."

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times

"Another mean, violent and decently acted slab of Ellroy-flavoured criminality, with an impressively battered Keanu Reeves, but Ayers is no Curtis Hanson."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

Street Kings | Details

Rating
R16, Violence & offensive language
Runtime
109
Genre
Drama, Thriller
Country of origin
USA

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