L.A. Confidential (1997)

Name: L.A. Confidential
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1997-09-19
Duration: 2 h 18 min
Rating: 8.2

R (US) | USA | English | 138 min

Directed by: Curtis Hanson

8.2

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.

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Awards

BAFTA Film Award 1998

Best Editing

Winner

Oscar 1998

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Winner

Cast & Crew

Curtis Hanson

Director

Kevin Spacey

Jack Vincennes

Russell Crowe

Bud White

Guy Pearce

Ed Exley

Kim Basinger

Lynn Bracken

James Cromwell

Dudley Smith

Release Date

France

(Cannes Film Festival)

1997-05-14

Canada

(Toronto International Film Festival)

1997-09-05

Canada

(Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival)

1997-09-18

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

L.A. Confidential

(Original title)

Los Ángeles al desnudo

Argentina

L.A. Confidential

Australia

Parent Guide

Lots of violent takedowns and standoffs.

Two police officers watch a man abuse his wife. A police officer then beats up the husband.

Two men are shot up inside a car with some blood mists. Blood can be seen coming out of their mouths.

Two men get shot up inside a house with blood spurts.

Corpses of people are briefly seen.

A girl is seen tied up with several bruises on her body. It is stated that she was brutally raped and beaten.

A detective finds an extremely rotten corpse underneath a house.

A woman is punched in the face twice.

Two police officers fight each other.

During an interrogation scene, a man's face is bashed into a mirror and dunked in a toilet, and then he is shoved through a wooden screen and dangles from a balcony.

A man is shown dead inside of an office, we see some blood on his mouth. It is implied that he was beaten to death.

The final action scene is a lengthy shootout. Corrupt cops are shot at point-blank range by shotguns and pistols. A man is shot in the shoulder, then shot in the face. Blood splatters onto the floor. A man is shot in the back with a shotgun.

R violence type: blood, brutal and graphic.

One character is something of a loose cannon and violence usually occurs around him.

A police officer walks into a diner and finds a corpse with blood a very bloody wound. He walks into a bathroom and finds a whole bunch of extremely bloody corpses with graphic gunshot wounds.

A man is unexpectedly shot in the chest, we see blood pour out of his wound. Very shocking and disturbing.

A man is seen dead on the ground with his throat slit.

A man is seen in a chair with his wrists slit and two of his fingers broken.

Several gunshot sequences resulting in death and violence. When someone is shot blood mist sprays and splatters on the surroundings and blood pours from the wound.

In a bloody sequence, two men shoot at another group of men with shotguns. One is hit in the chest with a bloody wound spewing blood, a shotgun wielding man is shot several times which results in blood spray, another man is shot with a shotgun splattering blood and blood smoke. Some blood is seen on a police officer's face.

A group of men are beaten in jail by police officers. A newspaper story is shown with such a photo.

Several scenes of police interrogation sessions, and the people being interrogated are often beaten with a belt by Russell Crowe's character.

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