Crime and Justice in the City of Angels - One of the All-Time Greats

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2019)

Bud White and Ed Exley are two police officers who couldn't be more different from each other. One is a hot-tempered muscle for hire who gets the job done with his fists, the other is a cool calculating ambitious straight-arrow who alienates and antagonizes colleagues as much as he delivers in his job. Inevitably the two are at loggerheads on a personal and professional level. A sudden twist of fate and a flurry of events find the two men bonding and assisting each other in ways they would never have dreamed of. Perfect casting, accomplished direction and flawless acting make this one of the classics of the silver screen. Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce lead this masterpiece with fellow co-stars Kevin Spacey, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito and Kim Bassinger rounding it up to near perfection. Shortly after this release Russell Crowe and Kevin Spacey would go on to superstardom with "Gladiator" and "American Beauty" respectively. An outstanding work of art which proves Hollywood's incomparable mastery of film when it gets it right, this is cinema at its peak.