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It has everything!
L.A. Confidential has everything! It's got murder, betrayal, drugs, a pinch of sex, great acting, awsome directing and screenplay, and a fantastic soundtrack. It is without a doubt my favorite movie of all time!

L.A. Confidential takes you back to L.A. in the 1950's. It recreates the time period perfectly with the costumes, sets, and music. The story is extreamly complex with many twists and turns. It would be very hard to give you a specific plot; but it is basically about 3(very different)cops eventually coming to work together to figure out a huge scandal involving drugs, prostitution, and murder.

The movies preformances are outstanding, especially Kim Basinger who recieved an Academy Award for Best Actress. She definatly deserved it. She plays an expensive prostitute made to look like Veronica Lake. Russel Crowe, Guy Pierce, and Kevin Spacey all give excellent preformances as the 3 cops.

This movie is definatly worth seeing, especially if you liked the movie Chinatown or like Film Noir thrillers. This movie was nominated for Best Picture as well, even though it didn't officially win it, it won it in my book.

unexpectedly interesting....
This is a movie first rises to your attention by its starring..
I am not going into too much detail about this movie, because you have to see it..Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe an Kim Basinger..Danny De Vito is a different character than he is usually in his movies in that particular movie. Conspiracy, double crossing, action, erotism,and emotion.. all together.. I enjoyed every second of it..

One of the best film noirs ever
Film noirs are often a little bit hit and miss and for that reason I was a little dubious about seeing 'LA Confidential'. However, after watching it late one night on TV I snapped it up straight away. This is a one of a kind. It's set in 1940's LA, a city of hope and dreams which hides corruption, betrayal, drugs and death behind its glitzy veneer, as we are told by Danny deVito writing for Hush Hush magazine. We're introduced to three police officers first off: Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacet), a celebrity cop who is fond of scandal, Bud White (Russell Crowe) an agent who works things out with his fists, and Ed Exley (Guy Pierce), a by-the-book officer following in the footsteps of his father. That the movie manages to get past these apparent stereotypes to show you that not is all as it seems (the very same thing that is said of Hollywood in the beginning) is a feat in itself. That it's utterly engrossing with superb performances is another thing entirely.

There are various subplots that are woven together with style, with it all centering around high-class Veronica Lake-lookalike Lynne Bracken (Kim Basinger), a woman on the edge of snapping but managing to hang on by the skin of her teeth. The movie poses various questions about judgement, morals and even the effectiveness of the law at the time to hand out efficient justice.

It's a shame that Kim Basinger was the only woman to receive an award for her truly excellent performance. Perhaps it was the same case as with 'Thelma and Louise', that it would be unfair to choose one of the cast. The three male leads are all revelations, interestingly enough each one just about to make a huge impact on the film world shortly after 'LA Confidential'. Kevin Spacey gives a completely different performance as he did in 'The Usual Suspects' and 'American Beauty', the actor of his generation by a long shot. Russell Crowe is great too, with his apparent brute violence hiding secret inner torment, and he's every bit as good as he was in 'Gladiator'. Guy Pierce is absolutely superb, showing just what a star performer he is, something which is more than evident in the equally fantastic 'Memento'.

I urge you to go and see thing cunningly devised, pulse-pounding film noir.

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