From master noire novelist James Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential,” "The Big Nowhere,” "The Black Dahlia”) comes yet another gripping and gritty tale of corrupt cops and bloody murder in Los Angeles , and his distinctive rapid-paced, hardboiled writing style is fully recognizable in the big-screen treatment of "Street Kings,” thanks to the savvy direction of David Ayer .

Keanu Reeves may seem a wrongheaded cast...