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Street Kings
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Street Kings is a 2008 American crime drama film directed by David Ayer. The screenplay was written by James Ellroy and Kurt Wimmer, with Gabriel Beristáin serving as director of photography. The cast includes Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, and Chris Evans. The narrative is set in Los Angeles and focuses on the Los Angeles Police Department.
The film has a runtime of 109 minutes and was originally released in English. It was produced by Searchlight Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Dune Entertainment III, Emmett/Furla Films, and Yari Film Group. Distribution was handled by Netflix via video on demand, with a budget of 20,000,000 and revenue of 66,476,363. It is part of the Street Kings Collection and was followed by Street Kings 2: Motor City.
Critical reception included a review score of 36% and 55/100. The film holds an IMDb rating of 6.8 based on 125,529 votes and a TMDb vote average of 6.648. It received one nomination total and was rated R.
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6.6Tom 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- corruption
- police
- machinegun
- ghetto
- alcoholism
- murder
- undercover cop
- shootout
- dirty cop
- rogue cop
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
125,529 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
37%
Metacritic
55/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Street Kings 2: Motor City
- Main subject
- Los Angeles Police Department
- Director
- David Ayer
- Cast member
- Patrick Gallagher
- Composer
- Graeme Revell
- Cinematographer
- Gabriel Beristáin
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 421732
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- foxsearchlight.com/streetkings
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2008-04-17
- title
- Street Kings
- film editor
- Jeffrey Ford
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 55/100
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