LAPD "Det. Tom Ludlow" (Keanu Reeves) is spiraling out of control. He has lost his wife to another man, and has taken to the bottle. He also rarely follows regulations, and has been known to beat information out of suspects.
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LAPD "Det. Tom Ludlow" (Keanu Reeves) is spiraling out of control. He has lost his wife to another man, and has taken to the bottle. He also rarely follows regulations, and has been known to beat information out of suspects.

In fact, his unit is known for covering up for all their wrong-doings, including the unit's commander (Forest Whitaker), who has taken "Ludlow" under his wing.

After saving two girls from kidnappers, and covering up what really happened, "Ludlow's" former partner (Terry Crews) goes to internal affairs, which opens an investigation on "Ludlow."

When he hears about the investigation, "Ludlow" goes to confront his former partner in a corner store, only to get involved in an apparent robbery, but witnesses the two suspects hunting down the whistle-blower, and shooting him to death.

Eventually, "Ludlow" becomes a suspect in a shooting, and has to clear his name.

Yet another B movie recommended by Yahoo Movies. There is lots of action, a lot of violence and blood and mideocre character development.

Reeves performance is not the best. In fact, I would have to say that it's an 80 out of 100%. He seems uncomfortable at times in some scenes, and it effects his performance.

I was not impressed with the supporting cast. Many of which was poorly written. Whitaker does an excellent job as a guy who thinks he can put anybody in his pocket -- including superior officers to him.

There is a whole lot of plot twists, which are not spaced out well if you ask me. They come a bit too close to each other at times. In fact, they come so close together at times that it gets a bit confusing as to where the film is going.

If you are into action, this movie will make you happy. You get a whole lot of gunplay. However, a word of warning, there is a lot of blood. And when I mean a lot of blood, you get to see the results of a bullet strike on the body of it's target. The blood flows a lot in this one.

The soundtrack is completely forgetable in this movie. With all the action, I don't remember hearing any songs or instumentals at all as the movie progressed.

If you are desperate to see a movie, wait until you find this on HBO or on the Free Movies section of your On Demand service.

Street Kings basically reassures everyone that every damn cop you see is a corrupt bastard. That may not be true but that's what the movie wants you to believe. Street King stars Keanu Reeves in a pretty good performance as Detective Tom Ludlow,...
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Street Kings basically reassures everyone that every damn cop you see is a corrupt bastard. That may not be true but that's what the movie wants you to believe. Street King stars Keanu Reeves in a pretty good performance as Detective Tom Ludlow, who bends rules so they serve him in a good light. Forrest Whitaker, a very good performance, plays Capitan Jack Wander who only helps Ludlow do this. I'm not exaggerating, every cop in this movie is corrupt. After Ludlow's ex-partner dies, he is the first suspect. He destroys the evidence but still wants to catch the real killers. All of his colleagues advise him against doing so and tell him to let it go. Before he knows it, Internal Affairs, headed by Capitan Biggs, played by Hugh Laurie of House, is crawling around him. Now Ludlow must look out for himself as every cop is after him. The first hour or so of Street Kings was very good and the rest doesn't really live up to it but it's still worth your time. The film features fine performances from Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, and the best of all from Forrest Whitaker.
A film with this kind of ambition can never be perfect and Street Kings certainly isn't but it's still a good and satisfying picture. The ending was really stupid, mostly because nothing changes and no character sees that what they are doing really is bad, so what was the point of the film. They all remain the same and just look out for themselves. Of course it does over exaggerate on the subject of corruption, and it gets pretty annoying after a while, but the rest is really intriguingly and well worth your time.

not bad not better den training day

A Pretty good Movie with a fantastic Cast.

This Movie is very interesting, at one point it lost me when everything shifted together. There are a lot of deaths in this movie but it is a really good one :)