Movie #67 – L.A. Confidential (1997) - 138 min, cert 18.
At the start of the movie we are introduced to three LA cops. There’s Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) who acts as an advisor to a hit TV cop show, and takes bungs from a tabloid magazine editor to make high profile drug busts so they can get the scoop. Then there’s Bud White (Russell Crowe) a cop who’s handy with his fists, and not averse to bending a few rules to get his man. Lastly, there’s Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) a straight ambitious cop with high ideals who wants to do everything by the book and hates police corruption. A series of killings around the city gets all three men involved for different reasons. The trail of corruption leads right to the top, and the three men have to work together to see justice done.
I’ve simplified the plot into about two pretty generic lines there. If I tried to be more specific, I’d have to write a couple of pages, because the plot is very involved. I remember having to watch this film two or three times before I really began to understand who had done what to who and why. But it’s undoubtedly worth it. The characters are interesting and extremely well portrayed by the principal cast members. Overall it’s an excellent thriller. It does demand your complete attention to keep track of the twist and turns of the plot, but it’s well worth it.
Score – 10/10. I loved it when I first saw it, and love it just as much now.
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