Street Kings

Keanu Reeves is going to TAKE BACK THE STREETS! So, it's a big barrage of cop cliches, complete with the ubiquidous revenge for the slain partner, breaking every rule in the book to nab the bad guy, drinking on the job, and, of course, finding out that the conspiracy goes a lot higher than the hero imagined. Keanu embodies his characters, there's no doubt. His physicality is always imposing. And as his sidekick, Chris Evans is earnest and robust. But MAN, was this predictable. It's like it was written by a horrible, cop-drama-generating robot. It's already a Zucker brothers or Wayans brothers comedy; they don't even need to bother with the spoof. Forest Whitaker doesn't even play a human being. He's the Frankenstein monster of over-the-top, yelling, police commanders. Keanu deserves better. Maybe he should stick to sci-fi. He's never better than when he's got his feet in a big pot of water and he's staring into the eyes of a cat.