Street Kings (2008) on Netflix
Undercover LAPD detective Tom Ludlow drinks and still grieves his wife. Implicated in the killing of a fellow officer, he must turn against the cop culture he has served.
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Plot summary
LAPD detective Tom Ludlow is a ruthlessly efficient, unorthodox undercover cop. Captain Jack Wander always covers for Tom, as do even his somewhat jealous colleagues. After technically excessive violence against a vicious Korean gang during the liberation of a kidnapped kid sex slave, Tom becomes the target of IA's hotshot, captain James Biggs, who feels passed over after Wander's promotion to chief. Tom's corrupt, disloyal ex-patrol partner Terrence Washington sides with IA but is killed during a shop robbery in Tom's presence.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Street Kings (2008)
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- In 2004 it was announced that Spike Lee would direct the film for a 2005 release; in 2005 Oliver Stone was reported to be in talks, which he later denied, and Training Day screenwriter David Ayer took over the project.
- As far back as 1997, David Fincher had entered negotiations to direct the film under its original title The Night Watchman, from a screenplay by James Ellroy for New Regency and Warner Bros.
- A direct-to-video sequel, Street Kings 2: Motor City, followed in 2011; other than both featuring Clifton Powell, who plays different roles in each, the films are unrelated.
- On February 5, 2008, it was announced that Fox Searchlight Pictures had changed the film's title from The Night Watchman to Street Kings.
