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7TH JAN 2009
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 Street Kings Review
Testosterone is flying at all angles this week as Keanu Reeves makes a welcome return to the big screen with the release of new corrupt cop action thriller ‘Street Kings’.
Under the direction of David Ayer (Harsh Times) Reeves plays detective Tom Ludlow - a man battling the effects of grief while inadvertently taking centre stage in Captain Jack Wander’s (Forest Whitaker) plans to succeed in life by whatever means necessary.
Wander leads his crew of cops, or what is more like a dysfunctional family, into fearsome situations and the film deals with the matter of consequence leading to Ludlow’s eventual quest for revenge and truth.
Backed up only by his own brutality and new partner Detective Paul Diskant (Chris Evans) - who Ludlow affectionately refers to as ‘Disco’, the pair soon discover things aren’t black and white leading to ill-fated results and damaging repercussions.
It becomes evident about halfway through that the film was never destined to be remembered for years to come, however it makes a final flourished attempt at securing your eyes for the remaining time with gripping plot twists and blood splashing loud mouthed action oozing until the very end.
The decision to cast some of the actors in the film is questionable, with Hugh Laurie clumsily portraying an Internal Affairs officer and rapper The Game playing, yes you’ve guessed it, a no good punk gang member who even pours beer into his cereal in an obvious attempt to reinforce his ‘bad boy’ image.
There are moments where the tension is broken by unintentional humour that neither hinders nor inserts anything great. Cutting one liners delivered casually with such a dynamic blow add fuel to the fire for Ludlow’s attempts to out man John McClane and the amount of on screen saliva exuding from Whitaker’s mouth would have been enough to fill a large bowl.
All in all ‘Street Kings’ is a generic concept that has admittedly seen greater success in ‘Training Day’ but is entertaining nonetheless. Keanu Reeves and Chris Evans’ partnership save the film from disaster and the action sequences steer clear of predictability enough to add something exciting and fresh. The king of the street yes, the king of the cinema? Not quite this time.
Reviewed by James Dannatt - The Student Zone Rep.
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