Streets of Blood (2009)
A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.
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Highly Overrated But Still Good
Absolutely Brilliant!
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Spoiler Alert!!! I liked all the acting! The script was very well written with the twist of having Michael Biehn be a villain and I really enjoy the whole idea of two cops that don't really get along. I must say though I don't get the ending or the part where the dirty cops have intercourse with these two chicks. That scene was really disturbing and just flat out awkward. But other than that I must say it was really interesting seeing Michael Biehn play a villain again. I don't really remember all that much from this film except for the confusing ending and the big twist. Overall I say it was a pretty action packed climax as well as it was confusing so it's a 6 out of 10.
This was the worst movie I have ever seen in 45 years. It didn't even have a hero or antihero to root for. Every character in the movie is corrupt. The script, direction, acting, everything bad, bad, bad. You may want to buy a 10 foot pole to keep this one away and I am a Val Kilmer fan!!! Maybe this movie was written by corrupt cops for corrupt cops. Did this movie get made for 150,000 dollars and go straight to DVD? It wasn't even worth being made. I would be very surprised if anyone who saw this enjoyed it and wanted to buy the DVD or watch it again, not counting Sharon Stone's mother or Val Kilmer's sister. If you love film, stay away. If you love Val Kilmer, stay away. If you love Sharon Stone, stay away. If you love Michael Beihn stay away. If you love Steven Segall movies you will enjoy this movie very much. LOL.
Val Kilmer plays a cop who in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, discovers his partner dead. It transpires that he may have been murdered. Hooking up with a new partner (Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, who has turned into a solid actor) he begins a decent into to a criminal underworld with ties to the New Orleans police. Good, little action film is the sort of thing to fill a slow weekend afternoon. The action is good, the performances serviceable and the plot interesting enough to hold your interest. Certainly the opening sequences that take place in the flooded city grabbed me enough that I wanted to see where the rest of the film went. Is it something you'd want to buy on DVD or pay for a rental? probably not, but as something to catch on cable (where I'm guessing it will find a home on SPIKE of FX) its worth your time, if not a bowl of popcorn.
I saw this movie because I was interested in the plot and the cast. The "dirty cops" premise is lately becoming an exploitation, to mind come "Training day", "Dark blue", "Narc", and "Dirty". Unfortunately all these are far superior than this mess. The cinematography is nothing special, sometimes OK, sometimes awful. The story is quasi-complicated and fails to bring any tension whatsoever. The acting is not bad, but nothing special either. Val Kilmer, Sharon Stone and Barry Shabaka Hennley have little to work with. Biehn is pretty enjoyable. To me the biggest surprise was 50 cent - he wouldn't win any award for his acting here, but let's be honest, if I didn't knew he wasn't an actor but a gangsta-rapper I would have never guessed it. His character is supposed to be torn apart between right and wrong, but we don't really feel for him or never do we really see his inner struggle. This is however due to bad writing and is not Jackson's fault. He is not worse than any of the other actors in the movie, this could be due to the thin story, but still he does OK, no complaints here. Of course to all who know something about 50 cent, fans or haters, it is hilarious to hysterical to watch him run around dressed as a patrol cop. The dialogue is average. Now the action on the other hand, if not on par with films as "Heat", "Ronin", or even Michael Bay's flicks is actually quite well executed. The viewer is never confused who is shooting at whom and why, no guns firing 100000000 bullets without reloading either. The ending doesn't make much sense. The editing is good, no MTV-style quick cuts. Overall it is just a movie to kill some time with, but don't expect anything above average. If You are interested in the cast feel free to watch it.