L.A. Confidential--1997's a great cop movie

Audie 2022-06-28 21:54:05

It's a very good-looking movie. In 1997, there was such an awesome police and bandit movie, and it didn't win an Oscar for being such an awesome movie! Oh, it turns out it was the Titanic that year, so that's fine.

The three male protagonists are playing together on the same stage, but they are all very good police officers with different personalities. The plot is interlocking, the clues are intricate (I didn't fully understand it the first time (04.20 Monday), there were too many names, and it took another 90 minutes to read tonight (04.30 Thursday) to fully understand), and finally, the big boss is actually a bit unexpected (the classic routine).

I'm looking at the cast now, and it's really luxurious. Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe are the two best actors, and there are many others who are familiar but I can't name them.

Kevin Spacey told several bad jokes, hahaha: Mayne White's not so dumb after all; she is Lana Turner; you get the girl, I get the coroner.

The ending is intriguing. For the reputation of the police station, the heinous boss can only be portrayed as a heroic death. The film also triggers several American political sensitivities: black people, Mexicans, etc.

Another movie that has been marked as wanting to watch for two years.

2020-04-20 Night & 04-30 Night at HZ Fuli 10.

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Extended Reading

L.A. Confidential quotes

  • Johnny Stompanato: You want an autograph? Write to MGM.

    Ed Exley: Since when do two-bit hoods and hookers give out autographs?

    Johnny Stompanato: What'd you say to me?

    Ed Exley: LAPD. Sit down.

    Lana Turner: Who in the hell do you think you are?

    Jack Vincennes: Ed...

    Ed Exley: Take a walk, honey, before I haul your ass downtown.

    Johnny Stompanato: You are making a large mistake.

    Lana Turner: Get away from our table!

    Ed Exley: Shut up! A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker.

    Johnny Stompanato: Hey!

    Ed Exley: She just looks like Lana Turner.

    Jack Vincennes: She *is* Lana Turner.

    Ed Exley: [stunned] What?

    Jack Vincennes: She *is* Lana Turner.

    [Lana throws a drink in Ed's face]

  • Bud White: Well, Captain, what do you want?

    Captain Dudley Smith: Call me Dudley.

    Bud White: Dudley... what do you want?