To Live and Die in L.A. 1985

Janet Maslin, New York Times: On its own terms, it's a considerable success, though it's a film that sacrifices everything in the interests of style. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Friedkin plays it as brutal and cynical as he ever did with The French Connection... Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Engrossing and diverting enough on a moment-to-moment basis but is overtooled. Read more