It took me a long time to finally see this movie. I will be honest, I didn't love it. It's a good film; it just didn't blow me away. Three L.A. cops with wildly different approaches to police work find themselves drawn in by a particular crime scene - the Nite Owl cafe shootout. Bud White (Russell Crowe) lost a partner there, but found a connection to a Veronica Lake look-a-like named Lynn (Kim Basinger). Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) uncovered a business card for a high-priced escort service called Fleur-de-Lis, whose claim to fame is prostitutes who look like movie stars. Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) earned a medal for shooting the three perpetrators of the crime, but suspects that he was manipulated into covering up an even bigger one. The three cops have to find a way to put aside their innate distrust of one another if they are to see true justice done.
I would put this in the same category as Chinatown if I were into classifying movies that way. Gritty, dark, and sleazy with a strong current of corruption. The only real difference is that one has a pessimistic ending and the other optimistic. I guess my only real complaint is that Kim Basinger won an Oscar for this role, which seems insane to me given how little her character does.
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