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Street Kings Reviews

2008

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David Ayer, who wrote TRAINING DAY, gives us another unflinching look at disillusionment and questionable decision-making within the ranks of the LAPD. Ayer's second directorial effort tells the story of burnt-out Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves), a functioning alcoholic and undisciplined detective with the Special Vice Unit. While so .. Read more

Starring	Jay Mohr, Antonio 'King Tone' Fernandez, Forest Whitaker, Terry Crews
Director	David Ayer, Jon Alpert
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller

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- What happens when one of Americaâs finest living writers teams up with one ofÂ its most laughable? James Ellroyâs... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21
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  - 8
  Street Kings
  
  Not for me, I'm afraid. Fell asleep. Didn't enjoy it at all.
  
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  - AlbanianGirl
  - 39 reviews
  - Newtownabbey
  - 21 Aug 2008 at 08:48
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  - 3
  Dull & Ridiculous
  
  What a load of preposterous nonsense! Ridiculous, pointless and a waste of time, watch something else. Most of the actors look embarrassed to be in this film, I... read more »
  
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- - Iggi_1
  - 43 reviews
  - 07 Sep 2011 at 10:07
- - 0
  - 0
  corrupt insight to policing
  
  was quite a good film looking at how corrupt policing can be and it wouldnt put it past me if this was really what the police were like!! takes a while to get ... read more »
  
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- - chaze
  - 5 reviews
  - 16 Aug 2011 at 19:38
- - 2
  - 3
  Don't waste your time
  
  'Don't waste your time' would be a better title for this one. With Kanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker and al Il assumed it would at least be a reasonable ... read more »
  
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  - Sutton
  - 14 Jan 2011 at 10:07
- - 2
  - 0
  Nothing very original
  
  The plot of this film has nothing we haven't seen before: police corruption; lone hero(of sorts); cover-up and conspiracy but is very watchable due in no ... read more »
  
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- 946038
- - BSugg
  - 5 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 11 Dec 2010 at 11:05
- - 0
  - 0
  Worth a watch
  
  This film was a lot better than I thought it might be. Keanu Reeves does a decent job playing the 'good cop with a dark edge'. Forrest Whittaker is ... read more »
  
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  - Aberdeenshire
  - 16 Oct 2010 at 10:09
- - 0
  - 0
  Fairly predictable
  
  But even so, still a watchable film. Twists abound, but in the end, they all seem a bit contrived. Keep paying attention and its worth a watch.
  
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- - Steve Hatton
  - Cornwall, UK
  - 04 Oct 2010 at 19:16
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  - 1
  Very good
  
  Action movie which keeps you guessing all the way through. Keanu Reeves is excellent and the plot is challenging while keeping your attention. Pretty violent in... read more »
  
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  - Cambridge
  - 19 Sep 2010 at 19:27
- - 1
  - 1
  King Of Not Much
  
  This is a by the numbers police and corruption thriller of the sort that one of its writers, James Ellroy, has made a career out of rehashing over and over ... read more »
  
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  - Rye
  - 26 Aug 2010 at 18:39
- - 4
  - 1
  Street Kings
  
  This film was active and exciting from start to finish. The actors were great and portrayed their parts well. I highly recommend this film if you like full on ... read more »
  
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  - Sussex
  - 16 Jul 2010 at 08:33
- - 2
  - 0
  Chubby Reeves Entertains
  
  Street Kings is a guy film with a slight twist on the usual bad cop comes good film. Its entertaining but its no Training Day. Action sequences are good and a ... read more »
  
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  - Derry, N.Ireland
  - 10 Jul 2010 at 20:42
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- - 52
  - 8
  Street Kings
  
  Not for me, I'm afraid. Fell asleep. Didn't enjoy it at all.
  
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  - AlbanianGirl
  - 39 reviews
  - Newtownabbey
  - 21 Aug 2008 at 08:48
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  Street Kings
  
  Following the loose trilogy of L.A. Confidential, Dark Blue and Training Day it was hard not to get excited about David Ayer and James Ellroy’s involvement... read more »
  
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- - Wynter
  - 75 reviews
  - UK
  - 08 Sep 2008 at 17:18
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  - 0
  Watchable entertaining film
  
  Street Kings reminds me of 'LA Confidential' and 'Training day'. It was gritty and exciting in places. I thought Keanu Reeves was good and ... read more »
  
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  - london
  - 18 Sep 2008 at 14:09
- - 6
  - 0
  oh okay
  
  i thought keanu was a bad cop in the trailers i'd seen but he turns out to have a conscience and isnt as he is portrayed in the trailers so i was ... read more »
  
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  - jul3
  - 16 reviews
  - hants
  - 01 May 2010 at 10:47
- - 6
  - 1
  Good comeback from Keanu
  
  So he hasn't done anything half decent since the first Matrix...until now!
  
  This is a decent corrupt cops based thriller, with pretty good ... read more »
  
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- - K77
  - 48 reviews
  - England
  - 02 Oct 2008 at 08:37
- - 5
  - 0
  Loved it...
  
  I loved this movie, it's just my kind of cop thriller. The script was clever, action just right and the performances were above average. There was however ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 16 Feb 2009 at 09:38
- - 4
  - 0
  A Decent Entertaining Watch
  
  This is one of those films where you can just sit down and lose yourself for 2 hours. theres not alot here for you to watch it over and over, but its one that ... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham
  - 06 Jul 2010 at 20:06
- - 4
  - 1
  Street Kings
  
  This film was active and exciting from start to finish. The actors were great and portrayed their parts well. I highly recommend this film if you like full on ... read more »
  
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  - Sussex
  - 16 Jul 2010 at 08:33
- - 4
  - 3
  Not very good
  
  This film contains some of the worst dialogue I have ever heard in a film!
  
  Whoever wrote this script should be ashamed of themselves.
  
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- - m4rc
  - 38 reviews
  - Shipley
  - 13 Oct 2008 at 09:30
- - 3
  - 2
  Keanu Reeves should be called Kean't Act
  
  I gave this film 2 stars instead of 1 because Forest Whittaker and Chris Evans were quite good in there parts, however they were the only good parts in this ... read more »
  
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  - Manchester
  - 02 Jan 2009 at 17:12

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  David Ayer, who wrote TRAINING DAY, gives us another unflinching look at disillusionment and questionable decision-making within the ranks of the LAPD. Ayer's second directorial effort tells the story of burnt-out Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves), a functioning alcoholic and undisciplined detective with ...

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  David Ayer, who wrote TRAINING DAY, gives us another unflinching look at disillusionment and questionable decision-making within the ranks of the LAPD. Ayer's second directorial effort tells the story of burnt-out Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves), a functioning alcoholic and undisciplined detective with ...