Street Kings

"Their city. Their rules. No prisoners."

2008 1h 49m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 1,833

ActionCrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

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Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by 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.

“Their city. Their rules. No prisoners.”

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Cast

Keanu Reeves
Detective Tom Ludlow
Forest Whitaker
Captain Jack Wander
Chris Evans
Detective Paul Diskant
Hugh Laurie
Captain James Biggs
Naomie Harris
Linda Washington
Cedric the Entertainer
Scribble
Martha Higareda
Grace Garcia
Common
Coates

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Ayer
Writers: Jamie Moss, James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer
Languages: English, Turkish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Turkish.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Street Kings Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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265+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Ayer, shot by Gabriel Beristain. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeffrey Ford shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Ayer directs. Gabriel Beristain behind the camera. Graeme Revell scores. Jeffrey Ford cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Turkish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.
2Released 18 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Turkish.
4Part of the "Street Kings Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5265+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by David Ayer, shot by Gabriel Beristain. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Jeffrey Ford shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker and Chris Evans carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Their city. Their rules. No prisoners.".
11IMDB entry: tt0421073 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 15 themes, including "corruption", "police", "machinegun", "ghetto".
13Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Gabriel Beristain
Original score: Graeme Revell
Editing: Jeffrey Ford
Production design: Alec Hammond
Costume design: Michele Michel
Makeup / hair: Francisco X. Pérez
VFX supervisor: Chris Watts
Sound: Elliot Tyson
Stunt coordinator: R.A. Rondell
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $66,476,363
Return: 332% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Street Kings (2008)

Part of

Street Kings Collection

Street Kings is a 2008 action-crime film directed by David Ayer, starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Common and The Game. Street Kings: Motor City is a 2011 direct-to-DVD action-crime film directed by Chris Fisher and starring Ray Liotta. It is a sequel to the 2008 film Street Kings. The film is a sequel in name only, as it takes place in Detroit rather than Los Angeles and only Clifton Powell returns from the first film's cast, albeit this time as Tyrone Fowler instead of Sergeant Green. However, it deals with similar themes of police corruption and internal affairs investigations that were seen in the first film.