The city of Los Angeles is known for many things. The inability to arrest and convict nefarious street gangs is certainly not one of them. Ever since the late great Jack Webb left the scene, has there evolved so much violence, murder and mayhem on the city streets. Perhaps it's the street gangs, others blame the court system, but mostly it's Law Enforcement and the dirty cops who work within it's dark confines. This movie is called " Street Kings. " The story is one of many from the record books kept by good men who are trying to clean up the mess. Herein we have Detective Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) a good cop gone wild. His once pristine ideals have been obliterated and replaced by a street mentality of 'if there're bad they get what's coming to them.' However, he has come full circle as he is now trying to clean up what was once sacred to him. Hugh Laurie plays Captain James Biggs a good cop out to reign in the bad elements within the department. Forest Whitaker is Captain Jack Wander who runs a Special Unit under suspicion by the F.B.I. for corruption, brutality and drug laundering. Now both men are working to save their reputations and are unaware of the undercover officers who are out to root-out the bad elements. Chris Evans, Jay Mohr, Cedric the Entertainer and Terry Crews as Detective Terrence Washington add to the top notch acting as does the car driving action sequences. With lots of exciting gun play, rough and tumble drama, this twist, turning and very puzzling police story is certain to be among Reeves' best. ****
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