Details

Release year: 2002

Storyline

A robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.

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Directors

Ron Shelton

Writers

Cast

Kurt Russell — Eldon Perry
Ving Rhames — Arthur Holland
Scott Speedman — Bobby Keough
Michael Michele — Beth Williamson

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Did you know

• James Ellroy declared that he had nothing to do with this film. David Ayer entirely re-wrote his script and only preserved the names of some characters.

• The footage of an anxious Kurt Russell in the hotel room was shot in one take, then intercut with itself and other scenes.

• The character of Assistant Chief Arthur Holland is perhaps based on the late Willie L. Williams, who was the first African-American police chief of the L.A.P.D., and was named the successor to Daryl Gates before the eruption of the L.A. Riots. Previously, Williams served as Philadelphia Police Commissioner, and also the first African-American to serve in the city's history.