Just saw Street Kings! I recommend it!

Keanu is back at it again. He did a good job in this movie. It was fun, entertaining and dark.....

It kept me interested for the most part. It had definite elements of Training Day in it....if you saw that movie the parallel is unmistakable....a corrupt cop who had the keys to the streets.

But in this movie there is a different angle. Keanu plays an LA detective who acts more like a self proclaimed 00 agent with a license to kill, and yet is a pawn in a bigger game of honest cop vs. corrupt cop that he only begins to piece together as the plot coagulates under the rising body count. In this aspect it definitely borrowed elements from LA Confidential.

Forest Whitaker got a chance to play a role different than the sensitive caring roles he usually plays and you can tell it was a relief for him, as he readily embraced this role, adding strength to the films underlying theme- becoming a Street King.

Plot aside the film is packaged into an up-to-date modern look, Keanu wears a polo shirt, and oakley shades when not undercover, and he drives a black 2008 Dodge Charger- turbo, of course. This all adds to the coolness that is the main thing about the movie that made it fun.

Another part I liked was the nurse he is hooked up with, Martha Higareda. Her presence is a definite plus. I will be on the lookout for her next film!

I will add that although the fabric of the yarn could have been woven with more art, it nevertheless had an extremely powerful message that causes one to question, and at the same hope, that there are still powerful men in our governing bodies who have true honesty and integrity.

So long as you don't go into it expecting it to be as deep or as satisfying as the movies it resembled, Training Day and LA Confidential, you will have a good time, and enjoy it. I certainly did.