There's only the spectacle of crooked dunces slamming against each other
CommentAug 27, 2009
Street Kings (2008)
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Reviews Counted:149
Fresh:54
Rotten:95
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Street Kings contains formulaic violence but no shred of intelligence.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr. 47 min.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Theatrical Release: Apr 3, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $26.4M
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans
Director: David Ayer
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REVIEWS FOR STREET KINGS
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Apr 23, 2009
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Feb 27, 2009
A lot of reviewers seem to have disliked Street Kings because of its negative view of the LA police, and perhaps the country at large. That is not a problem for me.
Feb 2, 2009
Everything here is predictable, from the tired plot whose revelations are deeply unsurprising to the gritty dialogue and casual everyday violence of the cops involved.
Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticA solid contemporary crime drama.
Oct 18, 2008
There is certainly something compelling in the film's ideas, but the way they're executed suggest that any true questions about morality and the law are just grist for the action mill.
Oct 18, 2008
Keanu Reeves' bad-boy cop Tom Ludlow may not play by the rules, but the film sure does.
Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
Competent but fatally lacking in the element of surprise. [Blu-Ray]
Aug 19, 2008
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.
Aug 13, 2008
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.
Aug 8, 2008
Ayer's rapid pacing and solid work by the cast distract us from the script's shortcomings.
Jun 28, 2008
Ellroy, who also co-wrote the screenplay, and Ayer share an interest in L.A. after dark, and they explore the city's neon-bathed streets with the glee of children in a funhouse, watching the distortions of everyday people in bent mirrors.
Jun 19, 2008
I don't think there were really any bad scenes, but I found the overall film emotionally empty.
Jun 8, 2008
Granted, it doesn’t revolutionize the cop genre, but it definitely does a solid job of entertaining for its runtime, and as a movie-watcher (and lover)…ain’t much else that I can ask for than that.
Jun 6, 2008
[In the] surprisingly engrossing 'Street Kings,' we are presented with cops who live up to our worst nightmare of excessive force.
Jun 5, 2008
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April 11, 2008:
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April 10, 2008:
Critics Consensus: Street Kings & Smart People Flunk
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April 10, 2008:
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April 9, 2008:
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