Street Kings (2008)
Action, Crime, Drama |
Street Kings is a American action thriller film directed by David Ayer, and starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Common and The Game. The initial screenplay drafts were written by James Ellroy in the late 1990s under the title The Night Watchman.
The film was released in theaters on April 11, 2008 and was followed by a direct-to-video sequel Street Kings 2: Motor City in 2011.
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned, borderline alcoholic LAPD Vice detective working for a unit known as Vice Special and Working undercover, he meets in a parking lot with Korean gangsters who are looking to buy a machine gun from him and who he also believes have kidnapped two Korean schoolgirls. After a vicious beatdown, the Koreans steal his car. This was planned, however, and he has the cops locate the vehicle via GPS.
Upon arrival at their hideout, Ludlow storms in and kills the four gangsters inside, he then puts on gloves, takes a shot of vodka and alters the scene to make the shootings look justified. He then finds the 2 school girls locked in a closet. While the other officers in his unit congratulate him, he is confronted by his former partner, Detective Terrence Washington, who no longer approves of the corruption as well as the deception and has gone straight, reporting the problems to Captain James Biggs, of Internal Affairs, who apparently starts an investigation against Ludlow.
Director: David Ayer
Writers: James Ellroy (story & screenplay), Kurt Wimmer (screenplay), Jamie Moss (screenplay)
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Common, The Game, Terry Crews
►Cast:
| Keanu Reeves | … | Detective Tom Ludlow |
| Forest Whitaker | … | Captain Jack Wander |
| Hugh Laurie | … | Captain James Biggs |
| Chris Evans | … | Detective Paul Diskant |
| Cedric the Entertainer | … | Scribble (as Cedric ‘The Entertainer’ Kyles) |
| Jay Mohr | … | Sgt. Mike Clady |
| Terry Crews | … | Detective Terrence Washington |
| Naomie Harris | … | Linda Washington |
| Common | … | Coates |
| Cle Sloan | … | Fremont |
| Martha Higareda | … | Grace Garcia |
| John Corbett | … | Detective Dante Demille |
| Amaury Nolasco | … | Detective Cosmo Santos |
| Game | … | Grill (as The Game) |
| Noel Gugliemi | … | Quicks (as Noel G.) |
| Michael Monks | … | Pathologist |
| Daryl Gates | … | The Chief (as Daryl F. Gates) |
| Clifton Powell | … | Sergeant Green |
| Angela Sun | … | Julie Fukashima |
| Kenneth Choi | … | Boss Kim |
| Wally Rudolph | … | Thug Kim (as Walter Wong) |
| Garret Sato | … | Toilet Man (as Garret T. Sato) |
| Victor Kobayashi | … | Towel Man (as Victor E. Kobayashi) |
| Kerry Wong | … | Union Market Clerk (as Kerry Ph Wong) |
| Aaron McPherson | … | Union Market Cop #1 (as Aaron Earl McPherson) |
| Paul Anthony Barreras | … | Union Market Cop #2 |
| Dorian Logan | … | Beating Victim |
| Yonda Davis | … | Prostitute #1 |
| Siobhan Parisi | … | Prostitute #2 |
| Emilio Rivera | … | OG Vato |
| Michael D. Roberts | … | Older Black Man |
| Kami Jones | … | Black Woman |
| Jernard Burks | … | Money Shirt |
| Kevin Benton | … | Lt. Van Buren |
| Amy Dudgeon | … | Assistant D.A. |
| Genesis Codina | … | Little Mexican Girl |
| Michaela Pereira | … | News Anchor |
| Vance S. Bjorklund | … | Honor Guard Sergeant |
| Jaime FitzSimons | … | Senior Captain |
| Kenyon Gilbert | … | Gang Banger |
| Joanne Chew | … | Park Twin #1 |
| Kel Ann Hsieh | … | Park Twin #2 (as Kel-Ann Hsieh) |
| Patrick Gallagher | … | LAPD Captain |
| Kirstin Pierce | … | Clady’s Wife |
| Kate Clarke | … | Demille’s Girlfriend |
| Carlos Amezcua | … | Co-Anchor |
| David Ayer | … | NLR member in County Jail |
| Candice A. Buenrostro | … | Troubled teen |
| Daniel Van Dyke | … | LAPD Sergeant |
| Masen Faison | … | ER Nurse |
| Justin Rodgers Hall | … | Prison Guard |
| Javier Rivas | … | LA Fire Chief |
| George Romero | … | Colombian Drug Lord |
| Jerry Schumacher | … | Captain Silky |
| Eric Shackelford | … | News Cameraman |
| Emiliano Torres | … | Homie |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia