Street Kings was quite a surprise hit with stellar cast, somewhat intriguing story and very good direction. Motor City on the other hand is just mess. Not that it doesn't give any entertainment. It does. Specially if you are admirer of cheesy B-movies or those direct to DVD thrillers. Motor City is prime example how to exploit far superior hit film's success, when only thing that relates those two movies are just the title. It amazes me how they got Ray Liotta on board? Did they kidnap his daughter? Or just blackmailed him? Incoherent plot, bad dialog, cliché ridden plot twists that were all written by ten year old. Ray Liotta was the strongest part of the whole movie, but he seemed totally uninterested and thus uninteresting to watch. Shawn Hatosy isn't half that bad actor than he looks in Motor City. Probably it has to do something with inconsistent character development.Oh, there's another connection between two films - Clifton Powell is in both of them. But he plays different characters.

The only interest in watching this film when it showed recently on cable was the presence of Shawn Hatosy and Ray Liotta in it. Not knowing anything about the film, since it obviously went to video, we thought it might have been a sequel to the much better "Street Kings". In spite of all the bad comments it garnered in this forum, the film is not horrible, as we were led to believe. It is predictable and it is another rehash of a decent cop working against a corrupt group of his peers. Dan Sullivan pays dearly for wanting to be honest and do a good job.Directed by Chris Fisher, who works mainly on television, and written by Ed Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft, the narrative cannot compare with the original screenplay written for "Street Kings" by James Ellroy, who knows a thing, or two, about the police drama genre. The best thing in the film is the work of cinematographer Marvin Rush who takes us for a ride through a city that has seen better days. Shawn Hatosy gives a good performance as Dan Sullivan, the good cop. Ray Liotta is not as effective as one expected.

The original street kings were unwatchable, wasn't made a straight to video because the writer got Denzel an Oscar and had a bunch of big-name stars in it. This one has goodfellas Oscar nominee now bad cop portrayer Ray Liotta as a good-cop turned bad in this gritty movie. The movie starts off with a major drug deal of course. It goes bad of course and with bullets flying three different sides shooting (The cops, the sellers, the buyers) it's hard to figure out who's who, and who's on whose side. Anyways like the movie "EXCESSIVE FORCE" monies missing and cops are dying and everyone wants to know why and who. So we focus in on the ex-partner of the cop who got killed and the new guy investigating the murders…AGAIN!! Over –all not a bad lil' bit of white noise I'm glad I watched.

This movie is like a poor mans Training Day. But, without even a single twist. The script leaves an awful lot to be desired.It has absolutely zero resemblance to the gritty Street Kings crime drama that came before it. The only reason I watched it was because Ray Liotta was in it. I would say save your money, but I'm not sure it even made it into theaters. If you don't have anything better to do, it's certainly not the worst movie. But don't expect anything like Street Kings of 2008.