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L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

1997
R
138 min
Crime Drama Mystery

Plot Summary

1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.

8.2
IMDb Rating
99%
Rotten Tomatoes
91
Metacritic
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Ratings & Reviews

8.2
IMDb Rating
99%
Rotten Tomatoes
91
Metacritic

Technical Details

138 min
Runtime
19 Sep 1997
Release Date
R
Content Rating
Movie
Content Type
1997
Year
Genres
Crime Drama Mystery

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User Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

10.0/10
Recent

City of Angels? More Like City of Demons! Curtis Hanson directs and co-adapts the screenplay with Brian Helgeland from legendary pulp novelist James Ellroy's novel. It stars Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito and David Strathairn. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Dante Spinotti. It's 1950s Los Angeles and three cops of very different morals and stature are about to be entwined in crime and corruption... I admire you as a...

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7.0/10
Recent

After the seemingly indiscriminate slaughter of the folks at a diner, it's the ambitious "Exley" (Guy Pearce) who suggests to his bosses that it's time for the LAPD to get it's act together and root out the corruption endemic within the force. To that end, he is promoted by "Capt. Smith" (James Cornwall) and sets about trying to assert a bit more of the rule of law rather than the rule of vengeance - that'd be the "White" (Russell Crowe) method, or the more venal and sleazy fashion of "Vincennes...

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