Saturday, April 12, 2008

Street Kings

Street Kings, 2.5 out of 4 stars


Freeze!! or I'll shoot!! You motherfucker!!

Street Kings, directed by David Ayer. Keanu Reeves act as a LAPD detective, his life become dark and very lifeless after the death of his wife. He set out on a quest and pressed to action to discover the killer of his former partner. From the first few second of the film, I think the introduction is too short, thats mean it really cannot catch any attraction at all. But after few minutes of running, then you will discovered that this movie is gonna be very fun. FUN when Keanu Reeves starts shooting somebody! His acting is quite nice, but not as nice as in "Constantine" honestly. The thing I like about him in this movie is "He really drink alot!" as in "Constantine", he smoke alot. Besides that, Academy Award winner Forest Witaker who act as Captain Wanders (Keanu Reeves supervisor), he's acting is quite impressive. He's really make this movie look good. Without both of them, I think this movie will be sucks. The good thing in this movie is because it shows corruptions in cops world just like in "American Gangster" but in other way. For example the way they deal with the criminal is by killing them. But after that, they lied in the report and manipulate evidence to cover up for their own and others. Other than that, the plot sequence in this movie is not very good, it felt like sometimes fast and sometimes slow. The plot going slow from the beginning and middle part of the movie and it has a good plot twist. But for other people who watch alot of movie will definitely know the twist before watching it. I think the writer have to generate a higher expectation so that it will be much more better. This movie also contain abit laughable dialogue. But still this movie will sometimes give you a nice ride. "A nice action-packed thriller."

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