History YMMV / StreetKings

** '''Tom Ludlow:''' This your plan, captain? Just sit back and let us all kill each other?\\
'''Captain James Biggs:''' ''You'' were the plan. No one else could touch him. Once your eyes were opened, there was no other outcome. Decisions were made, Tom, by powerful men with powerful secrets. They were afraid of Jack. They asked me to help. One day, you will pass the Chief in the hall and he will give you a nod. And you will know why. Because you were right, Tom. We do need you.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: {{Music/Common}} has a [[OneSceneWonder fairly brief appearance]] but in that brief scene he is absolutely ''[[NightmareFuel terrifying]]''.

* SpiritualAdaptation: This film is probably the closest anyone will ever come to making a decent ''VideoGame/{{Max Payne}}'' adaptation.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: {{Music/Common}} has a[[OneSceneWonder fairly brief appearance]] but in that brief scene he is absolutely ''terrifying''.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Given the gritty nature of the film, it can be hard to root for the cops themselves, up to and including Ludlow and Biggs.

'''Captain James Biggs:''' ''You'' were the plan. No one else could touch him. Once your eyes were
opened, there was no other outcome. Decisions were made, Tom, by powerful men with powerful secrets. They were afraid of Jack. They asked me to help. One day, you will pass the Chief in the hall and he will give you a nod. And you will know why. Because you were right, Tom. We do need you.

* MagnificentBastard: Captain James Biggs is the scheming head of InternalAffairs in the Los Angeles Police Department who feels slighted by Captain Wander, his former partner, being promoted ahead of him. At the behest of the upper echelons of the police force, who worry that Wander has become too powerful, Biggs provides Agent Ludlow with clues about the corruption within his unit, calculating that he will do whatever it takes to dismantle it. At the end, with Ludlow as the SoleSurvivor and many people having gotten caught in the crossfire, Biggs reveals the truth to Ludlow while admitting that he and the men he works for have some use for his ruthless CowboyCop tactics.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Creator/Common has a[[OneSceneWonder fairly brief appearance]] but in that brief scene he is absolutely ''terrifying''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/{{Training Day}}'', which director David Ayer wrote. At one point, it was a full-blown sequel focusing on an older, more jaded Hoyt.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Given the gritty nature of the film, it can be hard to root for the cops themselves, up to and including Ludlow and Biggs.

* HilariousInHindsight: One of the Korean gangsters that Ludlow insults goes on to play Jim Morita in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while [[Creator/ChrisEvans Cap himself]] is Ludlow's new partner. The latter also has one scene with his future nemesis, the [[Creator/HugoWeaving Red Skull]], though they don't share any dialogue.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Captain Wander]] crosses this when he reveals his true colors.

* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight / RetroactiveRecognition: One of the Korean gangsters that Ludlow insults goes on to play Jim Morita in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Cap himself is Ludlow's new partner. The latter also shares one scene with his future nemesis, the [[Creator/HugoWeaving Red Skull]].

* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight / RetroactiveRecognition: One of the Korean gangsters that Ludlow insults goes on to play Jim Morita in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Cap himself is Ludlow's new partner.

* SpiritualAdaptation: This film is probably the closest anyone will ever come to making a decent ''{{Max Payne}}'' adaptation.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''{{Training Day}}'', which director David Ayer wrote. At one point, it was a full-blown sequel focusing on an older, more jaded Hoyt.

* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight / RetroactiveRecognition: One of the Korean gangsters that Ludlow insults goes on to play Jim Morita in CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger, while Cap himself is Ludlow's new partner.

* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight / RetroactiveRecognition: One of the Korean criminals that Ludlow insults goes on to play Jim Morita in CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger, while Cap himself is Ludlow's new partner.

* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight / RetroactiveRecognition: One of the Korean dudes that Ludlow insults goes on to play Jim Morita in CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger, while Cap himself is Ludlow's new partner.

* HarsherInHindsight/RetroactiveRecognition: One of the Korean dudes that Ludlow insults goes on to play Jim Morita in CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger, while Cap himself is Ludlow's new partner.

* HilariousInHindsight/HarsherInHindsight/RetroactiveRecognition: One of the Korean dudes that Ludlow insults goes on to play Jim Morita in CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger, while Cap himself is Ludlow's new partner.