I've been a huge fan of Hugh Laurie's "House" for some time, so upon seeing a film advertised with his name high on the cast list, it immediately became a must see. If his role as grumpy American doctor Gregory House seemed an unlikely one for him, that of a police officer in what looked from the trailer to be a pretty standard action thriller would be even more so. Tom Ludlow seems like an unconventional policeman; sleeping with his gun and starting his day doubled over the toilet. His methods seem pretty unorthodox as well; racially abusing suspects until they steal his car and shooting first and sorting out the details later. No matter how he does ...  Read the complete review

Keanu Reeves as an alcoholic, violent cop who is accused of killing his partner and will do everything he possibly can to clear his name seems like something you could only ever imagine in a dream, or a nightmare! Who would cast Keanu in such a role? He has never really done dramatic roles that require a high level of acting ability and has concentrated, mainly, on comedy, action or lightweight roles. The selling point of Street Kings is seeing him in such a role, alongside much better actors like Forrest Whittaker and Hugh Laurie (again showing what a marvellous American accent he can do) and the fact that it is the creation of David Ayer, the writer of ...  Read the complete review

After the death of his wife, detective Tom Ludlow is struggling to keep it together. His methods are becoming increasingly unorthodox, no more so than one night when he manages to orchestrate the slaying of several Korean gang members. Under the instruction of his boss, Captain Jack Wander, his team does everything in its power to protect him from investigation, but when his former partner, Terrence Washington, decides to go to internal affairs Ludlow soon finds himself under the careful watch of a Captain James Biggs. Consigned to a desk job until the dust settles, Ludlow begins to question his status within the force and with a new partner in tow, he starts to unravel .  Read the complete review

"Konichiba" is the offering Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) gives two Korean thugs as the movie Street Kings begins; the Japanese greeting does not go down well with the Koreans who return with a comment about if they look Chinese, "Your eyes are apostrophes, you don't know what you are!" Street Kings is a movie probably best not seen if you have issues over racism in movies, harsh language, and at times gratuitous violence. But Street Kings is not the terrible plot-hole filled movie that some critics seem to be saddling the movie with, it's simply a matter of having the intelligence to deal with the subject matter, and the attention needed to ...  Read the complete review

Street Kings was a film I was really looking forward to - starring 2 well-known actors (Keanu Reeves and Forest Whittaker) and produced by the people behind the excellent Training Day. And so when I saw it on Sky, I immediately hit the record button. Keanu Reeves plays a crooked LA cop who doesn't play by the rules but gets the job done (have we heard that story before somewhere). Reeves' boss (Forest Whitaker) knows that he cuts corners during his investigations, but is always there to pick up the pieces and to cover for him. The main storyline revolves around Reeves' investigation into his ex-partner (I won't spoil the story by saying what ...  Read the complete review