A Masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (27 September 1998)

L.A. Confidential isn't "Chinatown" and it doesn't want to be. It's another terrific film in the neo-noir tradition unto itself. The story is incredibly intelligent, and the only critique I've heard about the movie is that the story is TOO complex. well, don't dislike it because you don't understand it. It's exquisitely photographed and put together. Every line of dialogue sizzles off the screen in this great telling of Ellroy's even better novel.
And oh, that Lana Turner.....