Release Date: February 21, 2003 D: Ron Shelton Cast: Kurt Russell; Scott Speedman; Ving Rhames; Brendan Gleeson; Kurupt Plot: A drama set within the Los Angeles Police Department during the April, 1992 week leading up to the verdict of the Rodney King trial, and the subsequent riots. The story follows two officers investigating a brutal robbery/homicide that is also racially-charged.