Storyline
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by 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 loyalties of everyone around him.
Directors
Cast
Emilio Rivera, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Patrick Gallagher, Terry Crews, Noel Gugliemi, Common, Amaury Nolasco, Clifton Powell, Cedric the Entertainer, Jay Mohr, Forest Whitaker, Naomie Harris, Keanu Reeves, Jernard Burks, Yonda Davis, Kenneth Choi, David Ayer, John Corbett, Martha Higareda, Angela Sun, Cle Shaheed Sloan, Jayceon Terrell Taylor, Michael Monks, Michael Monks, Game, Kate Clarke, Daryl Gates, Wally Rudolph, Garret Sato, Kerry Wong, Aaron McPherson, Paul Anthony Barreras, Siobhan Parisi, Michael D. Roberts, Kami Jones, Kevin Benton, Amy Dudgeon, Genesis Codina, Michaela Pereira, Jaime FitzSimons, Joanne Chew, Kel Ann Hsieh, Kirstin Pierce, Carlos Amezcua, Candice A. Buenrostro, Daniel Van Dyke, Masen Faison
Trailer
Reviews
80
The Hollywood Reporter
"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.
80
Variety
A brutal look at police corruption that allows director David Ayer and "L.A. Confidential" author James Ellroy to pool their deeply cynical insights.
70
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.
63
Despite the predictability of the overall story arc, there's suspense and tension to be found between the credit sequences, but the movie is saddled with an ending that is both improbable and borderline insulting.
58
Every so often, Keanu Reeves' robo-voiced blankness serves him well, but when he has to play a pulpy, tormented demon-saint, scraping up insults and spitting them out like bullets, he's like the host of an infomercial doing an impersonation of a badass.
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