There are two kinds of police officers in David Ayers and James Ellroy's convoluted, ultraviolent tale of corruption within the LAPD: dirty cops and dirtier ones.
Vice detective Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) answers to Captain Jack Wander (Forest Whitaker), an old hand at navigating departmental politics and the only reason Ludlow is still on the force. Always a loose cannon, Ludlow went completely off the rails after his wife's sordid death, and his latest exploit -- slaughtering a gang of Korean sex traffickers under what could charitably be described as dubious circumstances -- requires serious spin control. Fortunately he managed to rescue a pair of kidnapp...
Released:
2008
Rated:
R
Length:
109 mins