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Directed by | David Ayer |
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Story by | James Ellroy |
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Cinematography | Gabriel Beristain |
Edited by | Jeffrey Ford |
Music by | Graeme Revell |
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Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20 million[2] |
Box office | $66.5 million |
Street Kings is a 2008 American action thriller film directed by David Ayer, and starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Common and The Game. The initial screenplay drafts were written by James Ellroy in the late 1990s under the title The Night Watchman.
The film was released in theaters on April 11, 2008, and was followed by a direct-to-video stand-alone sequel Street Kings 2: Motor City in 2011, with Clifton Powell returning as a corrupt cop.