To Live and Die in L.A. fingerprintRelentless energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, everyday modern life, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction and performances
Standout cinematography, editing, and score
A distinctive visual signature.
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
To Live and Die in L.A. is pulse-pounding, breakneck, and tense.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Crime, everyday modern life, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around crime, everyday modern life, and the mind. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction and performances
The direction and performances stand out.
Standout cinematography, editing, and score
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the cinematography, editing, and score stand out.
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A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode.
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To Live and Die in L.A. is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and MGM+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, Fawesome, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 79/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, and Metacritic 81). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, strong language, and drug use.
1 h 56 min
To Live and Die in L.A. runs 1 h 56 min.
Not quite. Critics rate To Live and Die in L.A. higher (85) than audiences (74). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes. It cost about $6 million to make and earned $17 million worldwide, 2.9 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Arabic, Spanish. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for To Live and Die in L.A. in 12 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 81 storytelling tropes for To Live and Die in L.A., including A Tragedy of Impulsiveness, Spared by the Adaptation, Frame-Up.
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