Keanu Reeves plays the main character Tom Ludlow, an LAPD detective, he's an alcoholic and disillusioned because of the death of his wife. He works a case of two kidnapped girls, doing undercover to get their location, he doesn't do it by the book but in his own way and that might have consequences.
Forest Whitaker, Hugh Larie and Chris Evans are two other well known actors, their performances along with Keanu Reeves is fantastic. The rest of the cast did solid work, bringing good performances and interesting takes to their characters, they all did.
That's the premise and Street Kings covers familiar territory in terms of originality but it shines in its writing of character and story, simply fantastic and David Ayer executes it perfectly with the direction and visual storytelling. Mix that with the cinematography and how good the movie looks, you get a great crime film with lots of good character interactions and suspenseful scenes. The overall story is entertaining and keeps you interested from start to finish, there's also some really good action scenes in this movie. Nicely shot and the attention to detail in making it so real as possible is appreciable, Keanu Reeves doing all the stunts makes it so much better.
That's the premise and Street Kings covers familiar territory in terms of originality but it shines in its writing of character and story, simply fantastic and David Ayer executes it perfectly with the direction and visual storytelling. Mix that with the cinematography and how good the movie looks, you get a great crime film with lots of good character interactions and suspenseful scenes. The overall story is entertaining and keeps you interested from start to finish, there's also some really good action scenes in this movie. Nicely shot and the attention to detail in making it so real as possible is appreciable, Keanu Reeves doing all the stunts makes it so much better.