Brian De Palma’s “film noir” has all the aspects of a great film: detectives, guns, murder, a beautiful blonde, an Oscar winning brunette, and a boxing match. It involves violence, money, pimps, porn, and “the most notorious murder in California history”.
Two boxers-turned-cops – Lee “Mr. Fire” Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart,) and Bucky “Mr. Ice” Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) are morally tested as they pursue the killer of a young would-be actress, grappling with corruption, narcissism, stag films, and family madness along the way. L.A. Confidential turned Ellroy’s heated prose into a taut, compelling movie.