L.A. Confidential Family Review

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.—Greg Bole <[email protected]>Three policemen, each with his own motives and obsessions, tackle the corruption surrounding an unsolved murder at a downtown Los Angeles coffee shop in the early 1950s. Detective Lieutenant Exley (Guy Pearce), the son of a murdered detective, is out to avenge his father's killing. The ex-partner of Officer White (Russell Crowe), implicated in a scandal rooted out by Exley, was one of the victims. Sergeant Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) feeds classified information to a tabloid magnate (Danny DeVito).In the 50's, in Los Angeles, the LAPD is corrupt and violent, When the rookie Sgt. Ed Exley is assigned to be responsible for the precinct in the Christmas Night, he denounces many fellow officers for the beating on six Mexican guys in the precinct and is promoted to lieutenant. The violent Detective Bud White, disturbed by the death of his partner Richard 'Dick' Stensland, investigates the Night Owl massacre, where Stensland was murdered. The celebrity Jack Vincennes also investigates and discovers secrets about the murder in the middle of several cases of corruption and blackmail. Exley and White look for the truth that may take down the LAPD and their Captain Dudley Smith.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLA in the 50's: someone's killing imprisoned mob boss Mickey Cohen's gang. The police, led by Captain Dudley, convince wiseguys from Jersey, Cleveland, and elsewhere to go home. Rich developer, Pierce Patchett, runs a stable of high-class hookers who are ringers for movie stars. The plot to replace Cohen blindsides three plainclothes cops: White watched his father beat his mother to death then vanish, he punishes abusers with quick violence; Exley's father was a hero cop killed mysteriously, he seeks justice by the book; Vicennes, a clothes horse, consults for a Dragnet-like TV show. Will they escape corruption and murder, will they find their own morality?—<[email protected]>1 moreAll