L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997)
GUY PEARCE as DETECTIVE LT. EDMUND EXLEY + glasses
↳ “At least get rid of the glasses. I can’t think of a single man in the bureau who wears them.”
In L.A. Confidential, after spending most of the film as enemies, Bud and Edmund join forces to take down corrupt cops. By protecting one another during a shoot out, they come out the other side battered, but as friends.
Empty pastiche that isn’t even particularly effective at being that. Is this a critique of systemic corruption in the LAPD or does it just think that it’s cool? Was Kim Basinger in this movie?
Rating: 5.5/10