Competent but fatally lacking in the element of surprise. [Blu-Ray]
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08/19/08
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Street Kings (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 138 Fresh: 49 Rotten:89 Average Rating: 5.1/10
Consensus:
Street Kings contains formulaic violence but no shred of intelligence.
Theatrical Release: 2008
Box Office: $26,351,341
Synopsis: In STREET KINGS, a police thriller directed by David Ayer, Keanu Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice Detective. Ludlow sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his former partner, Detective Terrance Washington (Terry Crews). Academy® Award winner Forest Whitaker plays... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Forest Whitaker, Common
Director: David Ayer
Screenwriter: James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer
Producer: Erwin Stoff, Alexandra Milchan, Lucas Foster
Screenwriter: James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer
Producer: Erwin Stoff, Alexandra Milchan, Lucas Foster
Reviews
If you can forgive its stale dialogue, which at times seems so egregiously leaden that it might have been better suited to a Mad magazine parody, 'Street Kings' is a tense, aggressively absurd thriller.
08/13/08
While military man turned director Ayer implicates our culture steeped in violence and the damaging effects of trained killing, whether by police or in war, he's assembled such a deplorable LAPD rogues gallery, it's hard to tell which one is the worst.
08/08/08
Ayer's rapid pacing and solid work by the cast distract us from the script's shortcomings.
06/28/08
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06/19/08
I don't think there were really any bad scenes, but I found the overall film emotionally empty.
06/08/08
[In the] surprisingly engrossing 'Street Kings,' we are presented with cops who live up to our worst nightmare of excessive force.
06/05/08
The movie has a million flaws, but if you can look past them and enjoy a fun, gritty, violent, racist and entertaining dirty cop film, then you will have fun with it.
06/01/08
Anyone looking for a good shoot-'em-up film should not leave the theater disappointed, but those seeking something thought-provoking might want to stay away.
05/20/08
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05/06/08
Even with the race dynamics not very scrambled, David Ayer's latest film looks a lot like Training Day.
04/30/08
Street Kings feels like Lethal Weapon mashed up with The Shield, only without the former's goofy '80s vibe or the latter's relative authenticity.
04/26/08
A general emptiness nags as the story progresses, undermining the solid performances and weaving in a seriously ugly message.
04/20/08
Movies like "Street Kings" are sitting ducks in a shooting range for film critics who laugh all through the movie only to condemn it for being so damn entertaining.
04/20/08
Não trai seu universo cínico, alcançando um equilíbrio que torna seu desfecho satisfatório, mas (e aí está a diferença)jamais esperançoso.
04/18/08
There's plenty of empty bravura, and Reeves is fundamentally blank and uninteresting.
04/18/08
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