Kings: Street
In the mid-2000s, the "corrupt cop" subgenre was at its peak. We had Training Day , The Shield , and The Departed . But tucked away in 2008 was a film that felt darker, grittier, and more nihilistic than the rest: .
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It’s brutal and unsentimental. There are no "cool" Hollywood shootouts here; only messy, violent encounters. In the mid-2000s, the "corrupt cop" subgenre was at its peak
Ludlow isn't a man who thinks he's a villain. When he tells his superiors, "I was just gonna break his jaw," he says it with the calm rationality of someone who believes that's a perfectly reasonable Friday afternoon plan. A Masterclass in Corruption In the mid-2000s
