Review of City of Lies

City of Lies (2018)
6/10
Intriguing but unsatisfying
21 May 2021
1997. LAPD Detective Russell Poole investigates a case of an undercover cop killing another cop. This draws him into the Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur murders. What he uncovers is huge, so much so, that the closer he gets to the truth, the more his superiors try to prevent him from getting to it.

A reasonably interesting and intriguing attempt to explain the Biggie Smalls and Tupak Shakur murders. A decent conspiracy theory that is at times incredibly believable and compelling.

However, that's all it is: the story of a cop with a theory (and, admittedly, a fair amount of evidence to back it up). There's no great comeuppance, no great conclusion: it all just fizzles out. A bit of a damp squib in the end.

Ultimately it is disappointing and unsatisfying: you're given hope that there would be a powerful ending and these hopes are dashed.
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