To Live and Die in L.A. (Collector's Edition) (Blu-ray) R
A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 22, 2016
- Originally Released: 1985
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | William Petersen, Willem Dafoe & John Pankow | |
Performer: | Dean Stockwell, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Steve James, Debra Feuer, Michael Greene, Michael Chong, Christopher Allport & Robert Downey, Sr. | |
Directed by | William Friedkin | |
Edited by | M. Scott Smith | |
Composition by | Wang Chung | |
Produced by | Irving H. Levin | |
Director of Photography: | Robby Müller |
Entertainment Reviews:
91%
TOMATOMETER
3.5 stars out of 4 -- An unapologetic 80s action noir that helped redefine the modern cop movie.
Premiere
...TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. is Friedkin at his glossiest....It's the car chases and shoot-outs and eye-catching settings that are truly the heart of the matter.
New York Times
...Vibrant....It's a kick to watch a lanky, fresh-faced Petersen...
Entertainment Weekly
Ridiculously entertaining car chase and all....The movie benefits from LA shimmer...
Uncut
[With] kinetic action scenes....Three new faces made significant early impressions...
USA Today
...Engrossing....Extremely well cast....Everyone here seems capable of deception and moral duplicity, and then live up to those expectations...
Variety
Product Description:
When a notorious, highly sophisticated counterfeiter murders his partner, Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William Petersen) launches a furious vendetta to capture the man responsible. But master counterfeiter Rick Masters (Willem Dafoe) is always just one step ahead of Chance in William Friedkin's thrilling, suspenseful crime drama. With violent shoot-outs and a turbulent chase scene reminiscent of Friedkin's own THE FRENCH CONNECTION, TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. broke with tradition by making the ostensible hero as morally reprehensible as the villain he pursues. Clashing with bureaucratic obstacles, Chance is forced to break the rules in order to procure cash for a sting operation, but the risks he takes snowball into an avalanche of violence and moral repercussions, leading to a morally ambiguous cul-de-sac from which there may be no return.