Police corruption is always a juicy theme for a balls-out action flick. And here’s Keanu Reeves going all butch and trigger-happy as LAPD hardass Tom Ludlow, a hothead who bends the law with the blessing of his commanding officer, Jack Wander (Forest Whitaker, pushing way too hard). Reeves struggles mightily for the brute force that felt second nature to Russell Crowe in the great L.A. Confidential, from a novel by James Ellroy, who shares writing credit for Street Kings. Director David Ayer…

This bloody L.A. showdown pitting rogue cop vs. dirty cops is nothing more than Training Day mashed with Dark Blue. It could be because David Ayer had a hand in writing all three streetwise tales of police corruption.

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Boy, does Ayer have it in for crooked cops. He's on a one-man crusade to rid Los Angeles of anyone on the job who happens to be on the take. Heck, he's even willing to ferret out aspiring police officers whom he believes would only bring shame to the L.A.P.D., as shown by his…