Street Kings [ Updated • 2024 ]

Ludlow isn't a man who thinks he's a villain. When he tells his superiors, "I was just gonna break his jaw," he says it with the calm rationality of someone who believes that's a perfectly reasonable Friday afternoon plan. A Masterclass in Corruption

While its sequel, Street Kings 2: Motor City , was a straight-to-DVD release that lacked the original's bite, the first film stands as a solid entry in the Ayer "cop-verse". Street Kings

Co-written by crime novelist James Ellroy ( L.A. Confidential ), the dialogue is sharp, cynical, and soaked in the atmosphere of a sun-drenched but rotten Los Angeles. Ludlow isn't a man who thinks he's a villain