2018 · crime · thriller · drama
City of Lies
Directed by Brad Furman1h 52m2018
Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.
Our read: City of Lies (2018) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded crime · thriller · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- bleak
- cold
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