street kings by david ayer

street kings, a 2008 film by david ayer starring keanu reeves, forest whitaker, hugh laurie, chris evans

detective tom ludlow (keanu reeves) is an enforcer controlled by elite squad captain jack wander ( whitaker). ludlow is often dispatched as an assassin to take out criminals when wander thinks it should be done that way. great start to the movie, full of action, ludlow bursts into a house filled with korean gangsters and shoots everyone in sight until he reaches his intention of rescuing the kidnapped twins in a locked closet.

ludlow looks for the murderer of his former partner, terry crewes. it happens while ludlow follows him to a convenience store intending to beat him up, but two masked gunmen run in and shoot crewes first. even though ludlow was there at the crime scene, the cops treat it as a robbery completely ignoring what ludlow has to say, and of course, wander encourages it.

the plot and the end is predictable. we know who the bad guy is ten minutes into the movie, but ludlow himself is unaware and is confused and teams up with rookie detective chris evans to find out what really is going on and what he has been missing all this time.

great cast with credible supporting performances, i thought it was pretty good movie but then again, just another typical hollywood one, however, i enjoyed it. then again, you wouldnt miss anything at all if you dont watch it. :-)