Une affaire de détails

2021 • 127 minutes

À propos de ce film

Dans le comté de Kern, le shérif adjoint Joe Deacon (Washington), surnommé Deke, est envoyé à Los Angeles pour ce qui n'aurait dû être qu'une simple recherche de pièces à conviction. Au lieu de cela, il est entraîné au milieu d'une enquête pour retrouver un tueur en série qui sème la terreur dans la ville. Le chef de cette chasse à l'homme, Jim Baxter (Malek), sergent du shérif de Los Angeles, est impressionné par les talents de détective de Deke et demande officieusement son aide dans cette affaire. Mais sur la piste du tueur, Baxter ne se doute pas que l'enquête est en train de déterrer des fantômes du passé de Deke, révélant des secrets inavouables qui pourraient menacer bien plus que sa mission.

Notes et avis

Solid film. Rami Malek plays a good LA detective in a suit. Not as good as Guy Pearce (LA Confidential) but I'd say Malek's 1B. to Pearce's 1A. Nothing tops that; particularly since Pearce was surrounded by an A-list cast from Danny Devito to Kim Basinger not to mention Russell Crowe and Kevin Spacey. If you watch the film; you definitely get that LA Confidential vibe all the way through. But where it falls short of perfection (LA Confidential) is that it's squarely focused on two cops solving a crime where (not to give it away) the path the both of them travel down; only leads inward.

Considering the awesome cast that this film has, I was hoping for something spectacular....nope....sadly it did not deliver. This was honestly the first movie I was excited to see for a good while considering COVID pretty much killed Hollywood (and I hope they stay dead). But this had all the look of something akin to the next Seven. But sadly it was a dud...great actors wasted their talent on this turd. Of course Leto (who was completely underused imo) will still probably win an Oscar.

From the trailers and beginning of the movie, you would think its your typical hero detective solving a serial killer case but, if you watch it entirely, you will understand the meaning of no angels or the little things that get you caught. very good movie.