L.A. Confidential [Édition Limitée boîtier SteelBook]

When a film is referred to as being 'timeless', it has nothing to do with the quality of the special effects, or the length, or the company that made it (Disney seems to refer to every one of its movies as a 'classic' - really? Have you seen Cars 2?!). No, what it has to do with, is story, script, direction and performance. If you've got those things right, the movie will live forever. Look at the 1950's War of the Worlds or the Time Machine - sure the effects are a bit creaky, but boy, how much better are they than their modern remakes? Look at The Maltese Falcon, or The Third Man, yeah, they are black and white, but so what? Both of those films have story and style to burn. And so we come to LA Confidential. A movie that is set in the fifties, has the wonderful feel of a 1970's detective thriller, a great modern sheen, fantastic actors, a scorching script and assured direction. What more could you possibly want? This movie is already about 17 or 18 years old. The greatness of it is that it feels like it could have been made yesterday, or have been magically transported through a black-hole from the 1950's, it lives and breathes it so well. I could have written this review a long time ago, but I 've only obtained the Blu-Ray recently, and seeing it as crisp and clear and watching the superb special features (commentary, documentaries, etc), I just HAD to write this. Timeless, indeed.

One of the best movies ever. Outstanding quality and great price plus speedy delivery. Thank you very much

I have always loved this movie, since the moment I went to see to the cinema to watch it, but I have never bought a DVD copy, although I have no idea why....finally I bought this special edition and I have to say that I am really happy, as I have remembered why this movie is on my favourite list.It has everything a good movie should have: a beautiful woman, with elegance and classic beauty, mystery, good cops, bad cops and some of them in the gray areas of life, you have movie stars, gossipmongers, corruption, drugs, sex, and scandal. Basically this movie is all that the Black Dalhia wanted to be but couldn't.Kim Basinger is excellent here, perfect in every scene she is in, but she is not the only one that shines here, the whole cast is fantastic, Russell Crowe was not as famous here as in Gladiator but his performance was brilliant, and Guy Pearce and the reas were just as good.Highly recommended and this DVD has lots of surprises, like the pilot of the series.Now, the language information: Languages (English, German, Spanish) and subtitles (English, Spanish, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish)

I really enjoyed this 132 min REGION B/2 DVD that had a good story line with a few twists and turns. Parents please be warned there is a lot of strong language, bloody violence, drugs visible, female breasts seen very briefly, with several photos of naked men and women having sex.A first class cast serves up a ravishing and thrilling tale of police corruption together with Hollywood glamour. In this film version of James Ellroy's novel three cops (Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce), a call girl (Kim Basinger), a mysterious millionaire (David Strathairn), a tabloid journalist (Danny De Vito), and the Chief of Detectives (James Cromwell) fuel a labyrinthine plot rife with mystery, ambition, romance and humor.

This was easily the best Hollywood movie of 1997, but got sunk by Titanic at the box office and the Oscars. Which was a bit ironic. But not one to hold a 13-year-old grudge, this Blu-Ray disc is the third - and by far the best - format I have this film in (Laserdisc and DVD being the others). It's generally agreed that the DVD version looked a bit dark and dowdy, but in Blu-Ray all that period detail and the sublime photography is allowed to bloom - you're there, with an A-Grade cast firing on all cylinders in a story that's blindingly well told. A great one for your new Blu-Ray collection.

Realistic story, great acting, fast moving plot. You won't get bored .... recommend.

L.A. Confidential gets a welcome blu-ray visual upgrade that's light years ahead of the fuzzy 1998 DVD. Great colours and a superb Dolby TrueHD audio track compliment this extras packed blu-ray. I adore here how director/co-writer/producer Curtis Hanson paints this entire tapestry very subtly, showing the terrible realisation in Guy Pearce's ( Ed Exley) expression, or when jaded and haunted Jack Vincennes ( Kevin Spacey) can't remember why he became a cop. Kim Basinger ( Lynn Bracken) is the intelligent yet vulnerable heart of L.A. Confidential and in the extras, she's as much in love with the film, the characters, including Bud White ( Russell Crowe) as we are.

Great film and a great cast make this cult classic a must for all fans of this genre . Corrupt cops and all sorts ofweird characters make this film which is set in the 50s in Los Angeles surely a film which must be in the top ten ofmost peoples best liked movies . Great cast which were mostly unknown in the 90s when it was made include Kevin Spacey , Guy Pearce , Russell Crowe , Danny Di Vito and James Cromwell .