On September 19, 1997, a classic film of Hollywood police and gangster films of the last century was released. It was "LA Confidential".
L.A. Confidential is based on the 1990 James Elroy novel of the same name, directed by Curtis Henson and starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce Thriller. The film was nominated for 9 Academy Awards that year, and finally won 2 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.
This film alone makes Curtis Hansen a great director. In this film, the female lead Kim Basinger won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. At that time, she was really glamorous, but even though she was the female lead, due to the wonderful performance of the three male leads, Kim . Basinger can only be relegated to the female supporting role.
The glamorous Kim Basinger
The real highlight of the film should be the three leading actors, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce, who have teamed up to give the best actor-level performances. Such high-level group performances have been extremely rare for many years.
The three actor-level actors played extremely well.
Los Angeles in the 1950s was a city full of "deals", where people from all walks of life could come together for the sake of profit. And everyone can betray you for anyone at any time, as long as there are enough interests to drive. Ed (Guy Pearce), a young police academy graduate, is ambitious to make a name for himself in the police world.
Newcomer Ed with a story
All of this is for a secret in his heart, that is, to find out the traitor "Lulu Tumaqi" who shot his father to death in the past; for this reason, he betrayed his colleagues and superiors in order to get himself a quick rise to power . Before long, Ed was exceptionally promoted to sheriff for his outstanding performance, and he got his wish.
After several efforts, Ed got his wish and was promoted to sheriff.
The drug detective Jack (Kevin Spacey) is known as the "Police Star". He is in trouble with the gossip news reporter, and he specializes in exposing the lustful news of Hollywood stars in order to earn generous extra money. At the same time, Jack is good at using the media to become famous and became the police detective with the highest report rate in the police station.
old fritters jack
Bud White (Russell Crowe) is a true unselfish detective, but is often taken advantage of because of his straight and impulsive personality.
Upright, hot-tempered Bud
The three police officers do not usually interact with each other, but their fates are entangled because of a restaurant murder suspected of mass murder. When they join forces to investigate, they are quickly drawn into a web of pornography, drugs, murder, betrayal, embezzlement, and conspiracy.
Things are far more complicated than imagined.
Who should they trust?
During this period, the three discover a secret together: their director, Dudley, is related to the underworld. In the process of solving the case, Ed and Bud both fall in love with Lin, a call girl who is involved in the underworld.
Bud's passion for call girl Lynn's love.
In the process of handling the case, Ed also slowly fell in love with her.
In this way, between love and law, justice and evil, the fate of several men began to become entangled, and a complicated storm came slowly.
A storm is slowly approaching.
How did it end?
I believe that there are many people who have not seen this film, so there is not much drama. The film is perfect in every way. The plot is tight and tight, the reasoning is progressive, the actors perform well, and the action scenes are extremely hot. You're welcome to say, this is the best police and gangster movie of the 1990s, you must watch it, it's really good!
Finally, an official comment from a certain media is attached: the performances of several actors in the film are astonishing, and the film sets off a theme of using violence to control violence. At that time, when the social legal and moral systems were not sound, perhaps the execution of justice would have to pay the price of blood. Although the three male protagonists have their own different backgrounds and principles of doing things, they still return to the path of justice in the end, even if they pay the price of their lives. The splendid group portrait acting skills and the profound and shocking theme discussion are worthy of being an Oscar-level classic film.
I don't have much to say, just see for yourself!
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