L.A. Confidential (DVD)

L.A. Confidential (1997) Format: DVD Type: DVD 9 - Dual Layer, Single Sided. Region: 2 (UK and Europe) Case: Cardboard Snapper Country: USA Studio: Warner Brothers Genre: Crime Running Time: 132 minutes Rating: 18 (no cuts made by BBFC) Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.31:1 Anamorphic: Yes Colour: Technicolor Audio: English, French, Italian (all Dolby Digital 5.1) Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, English (HI), Italian (HI). Menus: English Extras: Roll Call, Production Notes, L.A. of L.A. Confidential Interactive map, Trailers, ‘Off the ...  Read the complete review

L.A. Confidential is a 2002 film adapted from the James Ellroy novel of the same name and directed by Curtis Hanson. It stars Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey and Kim Basinger. The film establishes that it's early 50s Los Angeles and following the incarceration of the crime kingpin, Mickey Cohen, there is a power vacuum resulting in gangland slayings. From here we're introduced to 3 police detectives all with differing personalities - Wendell "Bud" White (Russell Crowe) a detective quick with his fists, especially against wife beaters, Sargeant Edmund Exley (Guy Pearce) a career minded officer who will do anything to enhance his reputation ...  Read the complete review

Film Noir was one of the movie genres I studied at school, and as such I was recommended to give this film a try. The film is about a shooting in an LA cafe that is investigated by three different cops in totally different ways. It's a true crime mystery film, but the power comes from the actors and they stylistic flourishes which abound during the movie. The plot is complex and intelligent, quite difficult to follow without paying close attention. There are lots of characters and there's a lot going on, so I would recommend it only for an occasion when you can really pay attention! The acting talent in the film is phenomenal: Kevin ...  Read the complete review

Quite simply one of the bravest, visually stunning, entertaining pieces of cinema in modern memory. After every viewing this film mesmerises, confuses and leaves you gasping. The irony of Hollywood was once again present at the Oscars, L A Confidential being nominated for 7 Oscars only to see the woeful Titanic walk away with 11. Never has a cast been so universally brilliant, Basinger in possibly the weakest performance, yet she was the one to walk away with the coverted statuette, Spacey adding another personal best to the CV. Yet it is the two Australians who walk away with all the plaudits, Russell Crowe (pre Gladiator) has never been so ...  Read the complete review

This film stinks of style. It reeks of it. From the stunning period sets and costumes, to the polished soundtrack and dark, moody direction, it is quite justly compared favourably with many of the classic movies of the "Film Noir" genre. However, this film has much more. The attention to detail and gripping plot hooks betray its 90's production, while all the while serving to magnify and edify it's superb heritage. The theme of the movie is Justice. The script bashes us over the head with that word from the word go, with each speaker adding his or her own unique twist in definition to it. Officer Bud White (Russell Crowe) ...  Read the complete review