Street Kings Release Date: April 11, 2008 Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures Director: David Ayer Screenwriter: James Ellroy, David Ayer Starring: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Naomie
Harris, Jay Mohr, John Corbett, Cedric the Entertainer, Amaury Nolasco, Terry
Crews, Common, The Game Genre: Crime, Drama MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence and pervasive language) Official Website:
FoxSearchlight.com/StreetKings
Plot Summary: Keanu Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice
Detective. Ludlow sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his former
partner, Detective Terrance Washington (Crews). Whitaker plays Captain Wander,
Ludlo's supervisor, whose duties include keeping him within the confines of the
law and out of the clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Laurie). Ludlow
teams up with a young Robbery Homicide Detective (Evans) to track Washington's
killers through the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Their determination pays
off when the two Detectives track down Washington's murderers and confront them
in an attempt to bring them to justice.
EN 5 Second Review:
Who would have thought we would see Forest Whitaker and
Keanu Reeves together, much less that Keanu would hold his own in the
acting.
That's
how it ends, with pregnant men and pretty boy Keanu Reeves as the lead
in "Street Kings," Gary Thompson: Philadelphia Daily
News
If you can get past Keanu as a tough guy and you're an
action fan, you'll appreciate the lurid grandeur of the hard-charging
Street Kings...more
Another
day, another movie about dirty cops. Ho hum Christian Toto: Washington Times Street Kings wastes a better than expected turn by
Keanu Reeves. That means he never says the word 'dude' or
breaks into a mean air guitar riff...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Who would have thought we would see Forest Whitaker and
Keanu Reeves together, much less that Keanu would hold his own in the
acting. 
Another
day, another movie about dirty cops. Ho hum