Film Noir Brilliance

Rating: 9/10 (30 November 2011)

L.A Confidential is a classic crime noir film with an outstanding cast who give an excellent performance. The intriguing story is set in 1950s Los Angeles where three cops supposed to work together with very different views of the law go about dispensing their own versions of justice.
The cast is brilliant with some of the best acting talent of the 90s. Crowe plays the aggressive Bud White. Spacey is Jack Vincennes, a man who enjoys his work as an adviser to a police drama more than his actual police work and Pearce who plays Edmund Exley, a new up and coming officer who tries to play things by the book in a police force that has long since abandoned any such notions.
All three are soon caught up in a web of lies and deceit as the audience attempts to figure out what happened right along with them. But looks can be deceiving and who do you believe when everyone seems to have something to hide?
Overall an enjoyable crime noir with more than it's fair share of twists and turns in this complex tale full of believable characters.