Could it really have been like this ?

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 2006)

"L.A. Confidential" contains in its cast list one of the most consummate celluloid villain in Captain Dudley Liam Smith - a statement which in itself gives away a key element in this quite superb movie - directed by someone I had never heard of and with two Austrlian actors portraying Los Angeles Detectives so precisely that few would notice or care. Kevin Spacey too gives a performance which warrants his being taken more seriously in the future - his demise is one of the high points containing as it does the clue that leads to the denouement so pay attention as it happens because it is a shocker. And what can one say about Kim Basinger - she even made me forget that she was playing a very sophisticated form of call girl. So send the children to bed - get out the popcorn and prepare for a real blockbuster - beautifully edited with more plot twists and turns than most computer games.