City of Lies is a 2018 American crime film directed by Brad Furman, with a screenplay by Christian Contreras. It is based on the non-fiction book "LAbyrinth" by Randall Sullivan, about the investigations by the Los Angeles Police Department of the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.. The film stars Johnny Depp as retired LAPD detective Russell Poole and Forest Whitaker as journalist Jack Jackson, with Rockmond Dunbar and Neil Brown Jr. also starring.