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Santa Fe Reporter;  April 16, 2008 ;   Garcia-Sarnoff, Emiliano;   645 words ......a story, but still isn't arresting. STREET KINGS Directed by David Ayer Written by James...new bad cop/badder cop noir thriller, Street Kings, which is set in America's symbolic...gaining ground). In the Los Angeles of Street Kings, cops are drunken, psychopathic rapist...

movies; `STREET KINGS'.(VITA.MN)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 10, 2008 ;   Covert, Colin;   350 words ...Byline: Colin Covert; Staff Writer `STREET KINGS' 2 out of four stars Ten minutes into Street Kings, the film bluntly shows us what to expect...corruption its characters swim through. Street Kings gives us a scuzzy world where the distinction...

Just shoot me; `Street Kings' spreads the blam.(Arts and Lifestyle)

The Boston Herald;  April 11, 2008 ;   Verniere, James;   462 words ...Byline: JAMES VERNIERE STREET KINGS Rated R. At AMC Loews Boston Common...have some idea what to expect from Street Kings. But I find it hard to think of...based bad-cop drama Training Day, Street Kings is replete with hard-boiled dialogue...

Reeves and Evans: Cop partners to beat in 'Street Kings'.(Entertainment)

Manila Bulletin;  April 4, 2008 ;     188 words ......upcoming breathless action cop movie Street Kings starring Keanu Reeves and Chris Evans...screening on April 3 at the Trinoma Cinema. Street Kings delves into the sunny faAs.ade of Los...David Ayer (writer of Training Day ), Street Kings also stars Naomie Harris, Jay Mohr...

MOVIE REVIEW; Whoa, cliches ahead; The cop thriller "Street Kings" is...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 11, 2008 ;   Covert, Colin;   486 words ......COVERT; STAFF WRITER Ten minutes into Street Kings, the film bluntly shows us what to expect...is the best vice cop in Los Angeles. Street Kings gives us a scuzzy world where the distinction...keeps us guessing about his every move. Street Kings wobbles increasingly as it runs ...

21ST-CENTURY DIRTY HARRYS RULE AS 'STREET KINGS'.(LA.COM)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  April 11, 2008 ;     455 words ......Film Critic Teeming with testosterone, Street Kings presents a Los Angeles Police Department...humanity, it's hardly surprising that Street Kings comes from certified misanthrope James...mostly rewritten.) But the nihilistic Street Kings is best enjoyed if you don't think about...

Keanu: Reloaded; `Matrix' star Reeves plays L.A. cop in `Street...

The Boston Herald;  April 7, 2008 ;   Schaefer, Stephen;   300 words ......Blame it on Neo. Keanu Reeves, whose Street Kings opens Friday, remains tied to his Matrix...upcoming The Day the Earth Stood Still, but Street Kings is another story. This reality-inspired...South Central section where he filmed Street Kings. He took Reeves on ride-alongs, so we...

Bad cops get badder, and not in a good way, in `Street Kings'

Columbia Daily Tribune;  April 17, 2008 ;   SCOTT A. MAY;   644 words ..."Street Kings" strikes a mean pose, but beneath its...cinematic shape-shifter Christian Bale. "Street Kings" finds Ayer back in the director's...foolish. Adding insult to boredom, "Street Kings" wraps up its loose ends with one of...

Street Kings

The Stranger;  April 10, 2008 ;   Steinbacher, Bradley;   304 words ...Street Kings dir. David Ayer With its crime pedigree...you'd hope, maybe even expect, that Street Kings would hit a high mark for the genre...start to fly. For its first two acts, Street Kings lumbers along, coughing up an assault...

"Street Kings.".(Weekend)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 10, 2008 ;     113 words ......absence, Keanu Reeves is back to work in Street Kings, based on material by renowned crime...behind the camera. THE DETAILS WHAT: Street Kings. WHERE: Carousel, Glenwood, Great Northern...KEANU REEVES plays a police officer in Street Kings.

WHITAKER, REEVES STAR IN CRIME DRAMA 'STREET KINGS'.(Stars)(Column)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 6, 2008 ;     329 words ......returns to the big screen Friday for Street Kings, from acclaimed crime writer James Ellroy...Detective Tom Ludlow, who is one of the street kings of the title. He acts as society's protector...PHOTO Courtesy of Fox Searchlight STREET KINGS stars (from left) John Corbett, Amaury...

STREET KINGS

Monterey County Weekly;  April 24, 2008 ;   Baumgarten, Marjorie;   118 words ...STREET KINGS *** Dirty cops are the kings of the L.A. streets, and no one knows that...methods best kept under cover from the public eye. Despite its limitations, Street Kings is a solid contemporary crime drama. Rated R. At Maya Cinemas, North...

WHAT DOES THE MESSY, VIOLENT, COMPELLING 'STREET KINGS' REMIND US OF?...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 11, 2008 ;   Arnold, William;   318 words ......WILLIAM ARNOLD P-I movie critic The Keanu Reeves cop movie Street Kings is a viscerally compelling but thematically confused mess...mystery, a shoot-'em-up and a nightmarish vision of urban hell, Street Kings holds your interest from start to finish. It's also a decent...

ON DVD > WATCHING AT HOME.(LA.COM)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  August 17, 2008 ;     787 words ......begins Sept. 28 on Showtime. Street Kings> Good noirish mysteries...memorable moments and characters. Street Kings, based on a short story by James Ellroy, has fire and firepower, but...to get the bad guys off the street, and in the process make Jack...Confidential, which was ...

'Street Kings' lose their cred

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  April 11, 2008 ;   AL ALEXANDER;   543 words ......him from trying, though, in the gritty dirty- cop thriller "Street Kings." As the shoot-first, ask-clemency-later detective Tom Ludlow...like a pack of imbeciles. They're the real criminals in "Street Kings," a film that aims so low it winds up shooting itself in...