Street Kings (2008)

Directed by

David Ayer

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 1,749 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A veteran LAPD detective uncovers a web of corruption inside his own department. He has to fight to clear his name after being framed for a crime.

grittytensecorruptcynicalexplosiveurbanvisceralhardboiled

What happens

Street Kings is a 2008 American action thriller film directed by David Ayer, and starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Common and The Game. The initial screenplay drafts were written by James Ellroy in the late 1990s under the title The Night Watchman. The film was released in theaters on April 11, 2008, and was followed by a direct-to-video stand-alone sequel Street Kings 2: Motor City in 2011, with Clifton Powell returning as a corrupt cop. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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