Fresh
Engrossing and diverting enough on a moment-to-moment basis but is overtooled.
Variety Staff, Variety
To Live and Die in L.A.
A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode.
1985 · 1h 56m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
William Friedkin
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To Live and Die in L.A.
Overview
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
Director and cast
- William Friedkin Director
- William L. Petersen as Richard Chance
- Willem Dafoe as Rick Masters
- John Pankow as John Vukovich
- Debra Feuer as Bianca Torres
- John Turturro as Carl Cody
- Dean Stockwell as Bob Grimes
- Darlanne Fluegel as Ruth Lanier
- Michael Greene as Jim Hart
- Steve James as Jeff Rice
- Robert Downey Sr. as Thomas Bateman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Friedkin plays it as brutal and cynical as he ever did with The French Connection...
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
On its own terms, it's a considerable success, though it's a film that sacrifices everything in the interests of style.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
The film isn't just about cops and robbers, but about two systems of doing business, and how one of the systems finds a way to change itself in order to defeat the other.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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