Production Year: 1997 - Action/Adventure - Director: Curtis Hanson - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny De Vito, James Cromwell, David Strathairn more
L.A. Confidential has an impressive cast and certainly I found it to be an enjoyable crime thriller with a good storyline and some excellent performances.
Set in 1940's Los Angeles and focusing on Hollywood it is a story about a number of police officers in the force charged with quelling a viscious gang war following the jailing of the head of the mafia in Los Angeles.
It is a dark film with a lot of violence and some strong performances. Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe play officers with very different appproaches, Pearce is the careerist trying to follow in Daddies foot steps who believes honesty and integrity are paramount and as such following a violent attacke he gives evidence against fellow officers in order to advance his career. Crowe character adopts a more violent approach to his work however early on there are hints that he has a good side as he tends to target wife beaters for his own personal wrath following an unhappy childhood.
Kevin Spacey also stars as a cop dazzeled by the movie world who in conjunction with a seedy new reporter played by the brilliant Danny Devito sets up Hollywood stars for news stories, Devito character also provides narration for the film. Finally Kim Basinger provides some glamour as an up market call girl.
This is a tough no nonsense crime movie that has a super plot, wonderful performances and some great sets that really create a great atmosphere of the era.
Cast List
Kevin Spacey ... Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes Russell Crowe ... Officer Wendell 'Bud' White Guy Pearce ... Det. Lt. Edmund Jennings 'Ed' Exley James Cromwell ... Capt. Dudley Liam Smith Kim Basinger ... Lynn Margaret Bracken David Strathairn ... Pierce Morehouse Patchett Danny DeVito ... Sid Hudgens Graham Beckel ... Det. Sgt. Richard Alex 'Dick' Stensland Paul Guilfoyle ... Meyer Harris 'Mickey' Cohen Ron Rifkin ... Dist. Atty. Ellis Loew
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Outstanding
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