Street Kings (2008)

Regista:

David Ayer

Writers (WGA):

James Ellroy (screenplay) and
Kurt Wimmer (screenplay) ...
(ancora)

Data di uscita:

11 aprile 2008 (USA)

Genere:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Slogan:

Their City. Their Rules. No Prisoners.

Plot:

Tom Ludlow is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him. |

Plot Keywords:

Twin | Cop | Lapd | Loss Of Wife | Rescue

Recensioni degli utenti:

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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
The Game	...	Grill
Martha Higareda	...	Grace Garcia
John Corbett	...	Detective Dante Demille
Amaury Nolasco	...	Detective Cosmo Santos
Cle Shaheed Sloan	...	Fremont (as Cle Sloan)
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
Walter Wong	...	Thug Kim
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 MacPherson	...	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
Patrick Gallagher	...	LAPD Captain
Kirstin Pierce	...	Clady's Wife
Kate Clarke	...	Demille's Girlfriend
Carlos Amezcua	...	Co-Anchor
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Candice A. Buenrostro	...	Troubled teen (uncredited)
Justin Rodgers Hall	...	Prison Guard (uncredited)
Emiliano Torres	...	Homie (uncredited)

Regia di
David Ayer

Scritto da (WGA)
James Ellroy		(screenplay) and
Kurt Wimmer		(screenplay) and
Jamie Moss		(screenplay)
James Ellroy		(story)

Prodotto da
Bruce Berman	....	executive producer
Lucas Foster	....	producer
Alexandra Milchan	....	producer
John Ridley	....	co-producer
Erwin Stoff	....	producer
Julian Wall	....	associate producer
Michele Weisler	....	executive producer
Bob Yari	....	executive producer

Musiche originali di
Graeme Revell

Fotografia di
Gabriel Beristain		(director of photography)

Montaggio di
Jeffrey Ford

Responsabile casting
Mary Vernieu

Scenografie di
Alec Hammond

Arredatore
Hilton Rosemarin

Costumi di
Michele Michel

Trucco
Dean Jones	....	makeup effects supervisor
Starr Jones	....	makeup designer
Nicole Michaud	....	special effects hair: American Make-up Effects
Timothy A. Miguel	....	additional makeup artist
Ken Niederbaumer	....	special makeup effects artist
Liz Pisano	....	special effects hair stylist: American MUFX
Rick Stratton	....	tattoos
Alicia M. Tripi	....	key hair stylist
Soo-Jin Yoon	....	hair stylist: Chris Evens
Clint Zoccoli	....	sculptor/painter

Direttore di produzione
Joan Kelley Bierman	....	post-production supervisor
Robert West	....	production supervisor

Aiuto regista
Frederic Roth	....	first assistant director: second unit
Julian Wall	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Richard Bloom	....	art department coordinator
Andrew Campbell	....	graphic designer
Sara Ghaffar	....	art department assistant
Michael A. Heath	....	prop paperwork
Al Hobbs	....	set designer
Mark R. LaPresle	....	construction coordinator
Angela Simpson	....	construction estimator
Gary Tuers	....	property master

Sonoro
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Mark Coffey	....	assistant sound editor
Steve Copley	....	foley mixer
Lori Dovi	....	sound mixer
Kevin Dunigan	....	sound recordist
Albert Gasser	....	sound effects editor
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (as Craig 'Pup' Heath)
John Kwiatkowski	....	dialogue editor
Ross Levy	....	utility sound technician
Piero Mura	....	sound designer
Piero Mura	....	supervising sound editor
Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga	....	sound engineer
John Sievert	....	foley artist
David A. Smith	....	boom operator
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Ulrich	....	supervising adr editor

Effetti speciali
William Aldridge	....	special effects foreman (as Bill Aldridge)
Robert Cole	....	special effects technician (as Robert M. Cole)
Edward Gettis	....	special effects technician
Richard L. Hill	....	special effects technician (as Richard Hill)
James Lorimer	....	special effects technician
Stan Parks	....	special effects foreman
Michael Schorr	....	special effects technician
Bruno Van Zeebroeck	....	special effects coordinator (as Bruno Vanzeebroeck)
George Zamora	....	special effects technician (as George M. Zamora)

Visual Effects
Suzette Barnett	....	compositor
Danny Braet	....	digital effects supervisor
Matthew Collorafice	....	digital compositor
Rif Dagher	....	effects animation supervisor
Ante Dekovic	....	digital compositor
Pallavi Devabhaktuni	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Philip Fraschetti	....	digital artist: At The Post
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: Cafe FX (as Vicki Galloway Weimer)
Jeremy Hunt	....	visual effects artist
Shant Jordan	....	compositing supervisor
Apirak Kamjan	....	matchmover: CafeFx
Desi Ortiz	....	visual effects managing editor: CafeFX
Madhava Reddy	....	digital intermediate
Mark Robben	....	digital compositor: At The Post
Wayne A. Shepherd	....	compositing supervisor: At The Post
Adam Stern	....	digital compositor: Cafe FX
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Danny Torres	....	systems admistrator
Chris Watts	....	visual effects supervisor
O.D. Welch	....	production executive: CafeFX
Jason Michael Zimmerman	....	digital compositor

Controfigure
Robert Alonzo	....	stunt double
Troy Brown	....	stunts
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunt double
Clay Cullen	....	stunts
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunts
Kevin Derr	....	stunt double
Brian Duffy	....	stunts
Annie Ellis	....	stunt driver
Annie Ellis	....	stunt performer
Tad Griffith	....	stunts
Mike Gunther	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Mike Gunther	....	stunt double: Keanu Reeves
Riley Harper	....	stunts
Thomas Robinson Harper	....	stunts
Freddie Hice	....	stunts
Oakley Lehman	....	stunt double
Oakley Lehman	....	stunts
Eddie Perez	....	stunt double
R.A. Rondell	....	stunt coordinator
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts
Michael Runyard	....	stunts
Courtney Schwartz	....	precision driver
Myke Schwartz	....	stunt co-pilot
Kevin Scott	....	stunts
Ray Siegle	....	stunt double: Noel Guglielmi
Jon Valera	....	stunt double
Kerry Wong	....	stunt performer
Scott Workman	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Steven Bernstein	....	director of photography: second unit
Alan Cohen	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Marc Cole	....	camera operator
Jeffrey A. Cook	....	electric
Jesse Crusing	....	additional best boy electric: second unit
Jerry Gregoricka	....	rigging electrician
Barry Gross	....	gaffer: second unit
Eric Guerin	....	second assistant camera
Miles Gutkin	....	grip
R. Dana Harlow	....	grip
Jay Herron	....	camera operator
Jeremiah Kent	....	second assistant camera
Thomas E. Lee	....	best boy rigging grip
Bob Leitelt	....	key grip
George Lozano Jr.	....	electrician
Frankie Martinez	....	electric
Diona Mavis	....	camera loader
Mike Moad	....	dolly grip
Glenn E. Moran	....	rigging gaffer
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
Joel A. Ruiz	....	rigging electric
Tom Schnaidt	....	camera operator
Bill H. Schwocho	....	rigging grip
Mike Shaheen	....	video playback operator
Jonathan Sharpe	....	first assistant camera
Charles Smith	....	rigging key grip
Dempsey Tillman	....	digital video assist operator
John Trapman	....	aerial director of photography
Steven J. Winslow	....	aerial camera technician: wescam camera
Mariana Sánchez de Antuñano	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lindsay Graham	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christine Bean	....	assistant costume designer
Anette Czagany	....	set costumer
Michelle Liu	....	key costumer
Alma Magaña	....	set costumer
Kanani Wolf	....	set costumer
Leslie Schilling	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jill Bogdanowicz	....	digital film colorist
William Paley	....	assistant editor
Kiran Pallegadda	....	associate editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Jan Chalipecký	....	conductor
Mark Curry	....	score mixer
Boris Elkis	....	orchestrator
John Houlihan	....	music supervisor
Season Kent	....	music supervisor
Larry Muggerud	....	composer: additional music (as DJ Muggs)
Ashley Revell	....	music editor
Graeme Revell	....	orchestrator
Bryon Rickerson	....	additional music editor

Transportation Department
Lyle Christensen	....	shotmaker driver
Steve Duncan	....	transportation coordinator
Ken Farnell	....	driver
Tim Sisson	....	transportation captain
Bonnie Yamahiro	....	driver
Kenny Youngblood	....	driver
Joe Meylor	....	picture car captain (uncredited)

Altro personale
Marc Badrian	....	production assistant
Cody Birdwell	....	additional production assistant
Mark Blaydes	....	key set medic
Steven W. Blumenfeld	....	video playback engineer
Raymond Bulinski	....	craft service
Christopher Campbell	....	location manager
Alicia Cho	....	set production assistant
Carla DiBello	....	assistant to producer
David Dilley	....	set production assistant
Joy Ellison	....	dialect coach
Heidi Falconer	....	unit publicist
Marina Filippelli	....	key set production assistant
Cory Fleming	....	aerial ground coordinator
Kurt Greufe	....	first assistant accountant
Josh Hernandez	....	production assistant
Lindsay Hudson	....	medic
Ashley Lamont	....	production assistant
Craig Langus	....	production assistant
David Clarke Lawson Jr.	....	production assistant
Thomas Longo	....	set production assistant
Janet Lonsdale	....	production accountant
Michael David Lynch	....	production assistant
Natalie Mathes	....	post-production accountant
Gina Mauro	....	clearance coordinator
Geoffrey McCarthy	....	production assistant
Julian Meiojas	....	production assistant
Liliana M. Molina	....	script supervisor: second unit
Barbara Palka	....	production assistant
Patrick Priest	....	set production assistant
A.J. Rinella	....	key set production assistant
Karen Scarborough	....	payroll accountant
Megan Schmidt	....	additional production assistant
Bryan Smiley	....	assistant: Arnon Milchan
Gregory Veeser	....	assistant: Mr. Foster
Justin Vesci	....	production assistant
Donald E. Wygal	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Regency Enterprises
• Yari Film Group (YFG)
• 3 Arts Entertainment
• Emmett/Furla Films

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)

Effetti speciali

• At The Post
• Bake Visual Effects
• CafeFX

Other Companies

• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chef Robért Catering  catering
• Designer Wardrobe Trailers  wardrobe trailer
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  opticals
• Wildfire Studios  ADR recording facility

Alias:

Night Watch (USA) (working title)
The Night Watchman (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and pervasive language.

Durata:

109 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese | Turkish

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Divieti:

USA:R (certificate #44158) | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:18 (cut) | Taiwan:R-12 | Denmark:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Italy:VM14 | France:-12 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Malaysia:18PL | Sweden:15 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:15 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | South Korea:18 | South Africa:16LV | New Zealand:R16 | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Iceland:16

Luoghi delle riprese:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Regency Enterprises

Curiosità:

James Ellroy wrote the screenplay in the mid-1990's inspired by the O.J. Simpson trial. Over the years, Spike Lee, David Fincher, and Oliver Stone were attached to direct the film at various stages of pre-production. Sean Penn was once attached to star. John Ridley contributed to an early version of the screenplay.

Errori:

Continuity: When Captain Biggs sits across from Ludlow at Ludlow's desk and begins conversing with him, Biggs' necktie alternates from being outside of his lapel to under it, even though he does not move.

Citazioni:

[first lines]
Boss Kim: Yo dawg.
Tom Ludlow: Konnichiwa.
Boss Kim: What?
Tom Ludlow: Konnichiwa. Konnichiwa. It means what's up. So what the fuck's up?

Movie Connections:

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Colonna sonora:

More than i can take

Explosive entertainment

"Street Kings" definitely has the street-cred. Keanu looks real bad-ass, Forrest Whittaker looks like he's digging back into the character he played on "The Shield", writer director David Ayer is no stranger to life on the cop circuit, having written "Dark Blue" and "Training Day among others, and the movie also brings on the token rappers for good measure in Common and The Game. But does it work? Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a Vice detective on a Special Forces unit in LA, led by Ludlow's friend and former partner Captain Wander (Forrest Whittaker). Ludlow's a dirty cop, but he feels in a good way. He'll execute and then tweak the crime scene if it means taking the low-lifes off the streets for good.

His former partner Terrance Washington (Terry Crews) doesn't see it that way though, as he is in the midst of ratting him out to the head of Internal Affairs, Captain Biggs (Hugh Laurie). When he finds out, Tom follows Washington around, walking right into a convenience store robbery where Washington is gunned down execution style. Wander tells Tom he'll take care of it, but Tom is a man who values justice more than anything. He partners with a homicide detective named Diskant (Chris Evans) to follow the evidence and solve the murder.

The movie, by David Ayer, couldn't be more hard-core. It's filled with riveting gun-battles and fights and it's a movie not afraid to show some real brutal violence and blood. The verbal exchanges between characters are also exceptionally written, heated and intense with a good ear for dialogue. My favorite line by far this year is "Why don't you do the department a favor and clean your mouth out with a buck-shot." And the story pulls off a compelling morality play, sending Tom up a ladder of murder and corruption, and at the same time, climbing him further toward his own redemption. Sure, you can probably see the ending coming if your paying close enough attention, but think about it, the movie couldn't end in a better way.

This is the kind of movie Reeves is excellent in, giving his character edge and toughness but also never losing track of the character's underlying moral dilemma. Whittaker is also incredible in this movie, sinking his teeth into a character who's basically portrayed as "The Godfather" of LA. Hugh Laurie shows up every once in a while, the character feels underwritten though. Chris Evans does a decent job, Cedric The Entertainer and Jay Mohr are nice additions who add some comedy, and it's a small role but Naomie Harris deserves a shout-out for playing the down-to-earth voice of reason character.

"Street Kings" is hard-nosed, gritty film-making. The cast is right on the money, the writing and direction is terrific, and the action couldn't be more exciting. The year is still young but this is one of my favorite films so far.