Tough, Highly Entertaining, and well acted thriller

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2005)

L.A. Confidential is about police corruption in the 1950's. The acting is great, of course you can never go wrong with Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe, but there are plenty of great supporting actors like Guy Pierce, Jim Cromwell, and Kim Bassinger.
(Possible Spoilers) The story is centered around a shooting in a diner that leads to a trail of mystery, violence, and corruption. The suspects of the shooting are a group of black guys who steal shotguns, one of the victims is an associate of a mysterious multimillionaire, another victim is a fellow cop. Three cops, Sgt. Jack Vincennes(Kevin Spacey), Officer Wendell White(Russell Crowe), and Detective Lt. Ed Exley(Guy Pierce) use their own morals and skills to try to figure out what seemed like just a diner bloodbath, but is a lot more than what it seemed.
There is plenty of excitement and entertainment in L.A. Confidential, and the acting is really good. Russell Crowe and Kevin Spacey had back to back Oscar nominations after making this movie. L.A. Confidential is a little bit confusing the first time you see it, so it does deserve more than one viewing. I'd recommend this for the next time you want to watch a movie that is entertaining and has a good story.