---
title: 'City of Lies (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Brad Furman'
released: '2018-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/city-of-lies-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2677722/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# City of Lies (2018)

2018 · 112 min · Drama, History, Crime, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

City of Lies is a 2018 crime thriller film about the investigations by the Los Angeles Police Department of the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. It is directed by Brad Furman, with a screenplay by Christian Contreras based on the non-fiction book LAbyrinth by Randall Sullivan. The film stars Johnny Depp as retired LAPD detective Russell Poole and Forest Whitaker as journalist Jack Jackson, with Rockmond Dunbar and Neil Brown Jr. also starring.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Brad Furman](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-furman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Chris Hajian](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-hajian)

## Cast

- [Louis Herthum](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-herthum)
- [Angela Gots](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-gots)
- [Shea Whigham](https://cinepixo.com/people/shea-whigham)
- [Rockmond Dunbar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rockmond-dunbar)
- [Kevin Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-chapman)
- [Forest Whitaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/forest-whitaker)
- [Dayton Callie](https://cinepixo.com/people/dayton-callie)
- [Toby Huss](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-huss)
- [Glenn E. Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-e-plummer)
- [Johnny Depp](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-depp) as Russell Poole
- [Neil Brown, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-brown-jr) as Rafael Pérez
- [Michael Paré](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-pare)

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