The Best detective film since Dirty Harry

Rating: Null/10 (12 August 1999)

I'm only gonna say this once: THIS FILM DESERVED TO HAVE WON BEST PICTURE '97, NOT TITANIC!!!!!
L.A. Confidential is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most thought-provoking film I've ever seen. Plus, it's pretty entertaining, too. Here, you've got a believeable plot, an awesome script, and great action sequences. All the roles were realistically portrayed. Russel Crowe is a Dirty Harryesque cop who hates wife-beating men, Kevin Spacey is the brash detective, Kim Basinger is the good-hearted prostitue who is infatuated with Crowe's character, Guy Pierce plays the nerdy, by-the-book rookie, and James Cromwell plays the shady captain. All these characters are somehow involved in a web of conspiracy much greasy and much more slippery than the O.J. Simpson trial, and its a conspiracy so complicated to unravel it could give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money. That's what I like about it the most.