To Live and Die in L.A.
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows to stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who murdered his partner.
5 March 1936, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 June 1935, USA
9 November 1955, Newark, New Jersey, USA
28 April 1954, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1959
February 22, 2011
A profoundly ambivalent motion picture... completely upends every convention of its hidebound genre without even seeming to notice that it has done so.
September 15, 2007
Friedkin's 1985 film To Live and Die in L.A. may be one of his very best, though it did not reach the level of acclaim and support of his earlier films.
May 20, 2003
On its own terms, it's a considerable success, though it's a film that sacrifices everything in the interests of style.
January 13, 2004
To Live and Die in L.A. is undeniably very well made - from the performances to the more technical aspects - but the bottom line is, it's just not all that compelling.
July 31, 2012
The film is cheesy as hell but it is a ton of fun for someone who remembered how this passed as uber-edgy back in the day.
June 24, 2006
Friedkin plays it as brutal and cynical as he ever did with The French Connection...
March 25, 2011
The action thrives on overkill.
January 01, 2000
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.
February 17, 2010
[William] Friedkin creates a jittery atmosphere of adrenaline and corruption and danger...
December 10, 2003
There's not much substance here, but the film ... showcases a grabber of a car chase that compares favorably with the classic one from Friedkin's The French Connection.
October 29, 2008
Engrossing and diverting enough on a moment-to-moment basis but is overtooled.
October 08, 2005
William Friedkin returned to form with this tough, stylish and gutsy crime thriller enhanced by one of the great soundtracks of the 1980s.
