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Street Kings (2008)

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Keanu Reeves, Chris Evans, Jay Mohr

Tom Ludlow (Reeves) is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the l... (read more)

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R, 1 hr. 47 min.
Directed by: David Ayer
Release Date: Apr 03, 2008
DVD Release Date: Aug 19, 2008

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1 day ago
In some ways it's a poor mans version of Training Day. The plot is solid but while it's never a secret who the real mastermind is it does entertain along the way. On the downside it has another wooden performance from Keanu Reeves but the supporting ... (read more)
4 days ago
DI KO GETS, >> di ko ksi pinanpanood ng maaus kaya gnun.
8 days ago
yes, I saw this and it was way to intense for me but I love Keanu always.
8 days ago
A slightly chubby Keanu Reeves once again tries unsuccessfully to emote in this tidy and effective little thriller. Reeves is miscast as Tom Ludlow, "a cop who doesn't play by the rules" (yawn) who is falsely implicated in the death of a colleague an... (read more)
9 days ago
Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) is a disillusioned LAPD Officer and part of the Special Vice Squad Unit. He rarely plays by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife, his is never too far from a bottle of alcohol.

All of the cops in Ludlow's unit; ... (read more)

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578 days ago
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Street Kings wastes a moderately intriguing premise by filling it with laughably clichéd dialogue, one-dimensional characters and implausible turns of events.
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578 days ago
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Like director David Ayer's previous movies (he wrote Training Day), Street Kings is about the joy of badass coppery.
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578 days ago
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Street Kings wobbles increasingly as it runs along, beginning well, growing so-so and culminating in a preposterous here's-what-it-all-means confession by the main villain.
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579 days ago
Kurt Loder, MTV
What drags the film down, and in the end sinks it, is its unimaginatively complete grimness and cynicism.
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579 days ago
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
There's a lot to appreciate in Street Kings, a tight, propulsive action thriller, but there's one thing to marvel at, and that's James Ellroy's command of story.
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