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Street Kings
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
2008 · Directed by David Ayer · 109 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
Their city. Their rules. No prisoners.
Crew
- Screenplay: Kurt Wimmer, Jamie Moss, James Ellroy
- Cinematography: Gabriel Beristain
- Edited by: Jeffrey Ford
- Music: Graeme Revell
- Production design: Alec Hammond
- Produced by: Alexandra Milchan, Erwin Stoff, Lucas Foster
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Detective Tom Ludlow
- Forest Whitaker as Captain Jack Wander
- Chris Evans as Detective Paul Diskant
- Hugh Laurie as Captain James Biggs
- Naomie Harris as Linda Washington
- Cedric the Entertainer as Scribble
- Martha Higareda as Grace Garcia
- Common as Coates
- Angela Sun as Julie Fukashima
- Jay Mohr as Sgt. Mike Clady
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Turkish
- Studios: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Dune Entertainment III, Emmett/Furla Films
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $66,476,363
- Themes: corruption, police, machinegun, ghetto, alcoholism, murder, undercover cop, shootout, dirty cop, rogue cop
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