Apart from an American Pie 1, 2 and 3 marathon I couldn't think of a bigger waste of my time than watching this movie.
I like action movies, even the cop ones, I like Sin City-like body counts, loved Keanu Reeves in movies like the Matrix and The watcher, but this one really, and I mean REALLY, disappointed me. I mean, a cast with names like Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker and Hugh Laurie does raise a certain expectancy.
The storyline itself already promised little good. An alcoholic cop who lost his wife, his partner and doesn't have much regard for the law now has to save city and pride, accompanied by some rookie. Did any one else wonder why Bruce Willis wasn't asked for the part of Tom Ludlow?
The scenes of Tom going around town with his guns, vodka and unchangeable expression is not only accompanied by cliché, standard-action-movie music (the type you start to notice after a few minutes and bugs you for the rest of the time), but also by some of the worst dialogues I've seen moviecharacters have. Rivaled maybe by King Arthur's horrible attempts to sound historical and philosophical at the same time- but at least that movie had proper actors and good, exciting action in it. It also didn't have the uselessness of the plot that 'Street Kings' does possess. At the end of the movie, nothing is solved for good, Tom Ludlow'll still be depressed and the viewer is left with that same emotion and a sort of 'Ok, sooo....?'-unsatisfied feeling. And after a last look at Tom Ludlow, staring at the setting sun, exactly like Reeves (honestly man, even Neo managed a subtle change every now and then!) stared at everything else in the movie, the credits start to roll.
Thank you, David Ayer, for making cops look corrupt and Reeves look untalented, for a movie with exactly one line I managed to laugh at, and please, Hugh Laurie, focus yourself on making more House-episodes for us to enjoy...!
I like action movies, even the cop ones, I like Sin City-like body counts, loved Keanu Reeves in movies like the Matrix and The watcher, but this one really, and I mean REALLY, disappointed me. I mean, a cast with names like Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker and Hugh Laurie does raise a certain expectancy.
The storyline itself already promised little good. An alcoholic cop who lost his wife, his partner and doesn't have much regard for the law now has to save city and pride, accompanied by some rookie. Did any one else wonder why Bruce Willis wasn't asked for the part of Tom Ludlow?
The scenes of Tom going around town with his guns, vodka and unchangeable expression is not only accompanied by cliché, standard-action-movie music (the type you start to notice after a few minutes and bugs you for the rest of the time), but also by some of the worst dialogues I've seen moviecharacters have. Rivaled maybe by King Arthur's horrible attempts to sound historical and philosophical at the same time- but at least that movie had proper actors and good, exciting action in it. It also didn't have the uselessness of the plot that 'Street Kings' does possess. At the end of the movie, nothing is solved for good, Tom Ludlow'll still be depressed and the viewer is left with that same emotion and a sort of 'Ok, sooo....?'-unsatisfied feeling. And after a last look at Tom Ludlow, staring at the setting sun, exactly like Reeves (honestly man, even Neo managed a subtle change every now and then!) stared at everything else in the movie, the credits start to roll.
Thank you, David Ayer, for making cops look corrupt and Reeves look untalented, for a movie with exactly one line I managed to laugh at, and please, Hugh Laurie, focus yourself on making more House-episodes for us to enjoy...!