L.A. Confidential (1997)
Based on James Ellroy’s novel, LA Confidential is a modern noirish tale of how police corruption and the flourishing of organized crime go hand in hand, as well as how public decisions are dictated by public...
Tagged: police corruption
16 Blocks (2006)
16 Blocks is a passable time-waster thriller, reminiscent in its plot to the Eastwood flick, The Gauntlet, although darker in execution. Director Richard Donner, who made some of the better cop action flicks of the...
The Untouchables (1987)
If The Untouchables proves anything, it’s that if you put enough very talented people together, good results are bound to follow. This is the Hollywood equivalent of the All-Star Game, with a cast and crew...
The Negotiator (1998)
A locally famous Chicago hostage negotiator (Jackson, Sphere) gets framed in the murder of his partner, then panics and takes hostages of his own in order to buy himself time to solve his case and clear...