Rotten
Keanu Reeves' bad-boy cop Tom Ludlow may not play by the rules, but the film sure does.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Street Kings
Their city. Their rules. No prisoners.
2008 · 1h 49m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
David Ayer
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- David Ayer Director
- Keanu Reeves as Detective Tom Ludlow
- Forest Whitaker as Captain Jack Wander
- Chris Evans as Detective Paul Diskant
- Hugh Laurie as Captain James Biggs
- Naomie Harris as Linda Washington
- Cedric the Entertainer as Scribble
- Martha Higareda as Grace Garcia
- Common as Coates
- Angela Sun as Julie Fukashima
- Jay Mohr as Sgt. Mike Clady
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
37%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's really kind of a dirty scummy piece of work.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
Another 'roid-raging dirty cop drama from David Ayer.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
[James Ellroy] writes Calvinist screeds against sin; filmmakers turn them into shoot-em-up thrillers.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
Street Kings wastes a moderately intriguing premise by filling it with laughably cliched dialogue, one-dimensional characters and implausible turns of events.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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