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Mood:
- RoughExcitingBleakSuspensefulTense
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Plot:
- Tough Law EnforcerPolice InvestigationTrack DownChases and RacesCrimesDeadlyHeroesLaw Enforcement more...
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Genres:
- ActionCrimeThrillerIndependent
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- Los AngelesUSA
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticFast
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Flag:
- Violent Content
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To Live and Die in L.A., 1985
English, Arabic, Spanish
USA
Profile of To Live and Die in L.A.
To Live and Die in L.A. can be described as rough, exciting, and bleak. The plot revolves around a tough law enforcer, tracking someone down, and a police investigation. The main genres are action, crime, and independent. In approach, To Live and Die in L.A. is serious and realistic. The storytelling is fast paced. It is located in Los Angeles. To Live and Die in L.A. takes place in the 1980s. It is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. To Live and Die in L.A. is well suited for a boys' night. Note that it involves violent content.
Summary of To Live and Die in L.A.
When a notorious, highly sophisticated counterfeiter murders his partner, Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William Petersen) launches a furious vendetta to capture the man responsible. But master counterfeiter Rick Masters (Willem Dafoe) is always just one step ahead of Chance in William Friedkin's thrilling, suspenseful crime drama. With violent shoot-outs and a turbulent chase scene reminiscent of Friedkin's own THE FRENCH CONNECTION, TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. broke with tradition by making the ostensible hero as morally reprehensible as the villain he pursues. Clashing with bureaucratic obstacles, Chance is forced to break the rules in order to procure cash for a sting operation, but the risks he takes snowball into an avalanche of violence and moral repercussions, leading to a morally ambiguous cul-de-sac from which there may be no return.
Details
| Language: | English, Arabic, Spanish |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 1 November 1985 |
| Runtime: | 116 min |
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as Richard Chance
as Eric 'Rick' Masters
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- by: tapwater
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