In „City of Lies“ nimmt zwei Jahrzehnte nach den Morden an Tupac und Biggie Smalls LAPD-Polizist Russell Poole (Johnny Depp) die Ermittlungen noch einmal auf. Unterstützung bekommt Poole von dem Journalisten (Forest Whitaker).
Der True-Crime-Thriller von Brad Furman beruht auf dem gleichnamigen Sachbuch „LAbyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implication of Death Row Records‘ Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal“ von Randall Sullivan.
Trotz jahrelanger Ermittlungen sind die Mordfälle bis heute unaufgeklärt.
US-Kinostart ist am 7. September 2018. Heute ist der erste Trailer erschienen.
City of Lies is a 2018 American biographical crime thriller film directed by Brad Furman and written by Christian Contreras. It is based on the book LAbyrinth by Randall Sullivan, about the murder investigations of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. The film stars Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Rockmond Dunbar, and Neil Brown Jr. The film is set to be released on September 7, 2018 by Global Road Entertainment.
The film tells the story of american hero and former LAPD detective, Russell Poole (Depp), who is working the murder cases of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. A reporter (based on journalist Randall Sullivan’s collaboration with Russell Poole „Jack“ Jackson, teams up with Poole after nearly two decades to find out the truth.
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