Thursday, April 17, 2008
Keanu Reeves may want to get off the ‘streets’ for his next film, as the newly released Street Kings just isn’t that blockbuster he’s been looking for.
Reeves plays officer Tom Ludlow this time around, a regularly drunk and hot- tempered cop. When Ludlow’s former partner turns up dead, Ludlow and Captain Jack Wander, played by Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker, go after the killers to find justice.
It hurts me to say that this film just didn’t live up to my expectations. This was a film I had wanted to see for quite a long time. The problem is that the plot isn’t anything new. If you have seen Die Hard, Training Day or any of the Lethal Weapon movies, then you’ve seen this. Not to mention we’ve seen Reeves play an alcoholic in previous films, like Hardball.
I am not a Keanu Reeves hater. Yes, he’s not the best actor in the world, but he has given some okay performances before. This just isn’t one of those okay performances. And Forest Whitaker didn’t bring anything new to the table—this is a downgrade for him. Skip this one and check out 2001’s Training Day instead, which has pretty much the same plot but with better action and a better lead actor in Denzel Washington.
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