City of Lies (2018)

Directors

Brad Furman

Cast

Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Toby Huss, Dayton Callie, Neil Brown Jr., Louis Herthum, Shea Whigham, Xander Berkeley, Shamier Anderson, Laurence Mason, Christian George, Michael Paré, Amin Joseph, Glenn Plummer, Keith Szarabajka, Angela Gots, Rockmond Dunbar, Peter Greene, Julanne Chidi Hill, Wynn Everett, Van Epperson, Kevin Chapman, Javier Grajeda, Kevin Dunigan, James Devoti, Obba Babatundé, Joseph Ferrante, Jamal Woolard, Cory Hardrict

The story

In 2015, Los Angeles Times investigative reporter Darius "Jack" Jackson is assigned to write about the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace), and meets with the retired and disgraced Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detective Russell Poole. In a series of flashbacks, Poole reveals his theory that Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight paid corrupt LAPD officers to murder Wallace and cover it up.

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