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this movie aged badly and nowdays suck


the bad guy is the old man from that farm pig family movie, wtf
the story is overcomplicated, not beleiveable
how much did cops earn those day?
in usa cops date hot actress?
the locations dont look like the 50s at all
acting is plain and boring
cant beleive it has an 8

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Well, i haven't seen it for a while, but I did like it a lot. I don't think the plot is over complicated. In fact, I like movies where it's not so black and white/good vs. evil. This movie has more layers, more characters with varying levels of good and bad in them. I find it much more interesting, and much more believable.

I don't think cops earned much then, or now. Public servants generally don't.

Well, remember, Kim Basinger's character wasn't an actress, but a prostitute made to look like an actress.

I don't know about the locations. Wasn't alive in the 50s.

As for the acting, well Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger have all won Academy Awards. I believe Basinger won for this film, so I don't see that at all. As for Cromwell (the old man from the pig family movie) well, he showed you his range here, didn't he.

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LA Confidential should have won best picture instead of Titanic in 1997.

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"the bad guy is the old man from that farm pig family movie, wtf"

What was he supposed to do, retire from acting after the pig movie?

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Fool!

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I love this film. Probably my favorite film from the 90s.

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