Review of King of California (2007) by Ken H — 02 Jun 2016

A bittersweet and thoroughly enjoyable film. Just enough back story and a paced lead-in to the action. Miranda was sufficiently mature and sufficiently naive to be believable in the story. Michael Douglas steals the film with his manic, obsessive quest for Spanish gold.

A thin sub-subplot involving a female cop seemed out of place. And, I would have enjoyed it if the director would have included more of Pepper in the story...he had more to give than he was given. That aside, King of California was well worth watching and avoided going over-the-top in the story.