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MOVIE REVIEW; Whoa, cliches ahead; The cop thriller "Street Kings" is steeped in cynicism, corruption and blood.(SCENE)(Movie review)

Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER

Ten minutes into "Street Kings," the film bluntly shows us what to expect for the next 100.

Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves), fresh from a beating at the hands of two Korean hoods, bursts into their lair, shoots everyone in cold blood, and puts a gun in a corpse's hand for his "they fired first" alibi. Ludlow casually feeds the lie to his complicit fellow police and gets a hero's tribute in the press. The scene sets the tone for this grimly violent film and the murk of official corruption its characters swim through. Our screen surrogate, an amoral, remorseless killer, is the best vice cop in Los Angeles.

"Street Kings" gives us a ...

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