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Street Kings: Motor City

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Street  Kings :  Motor City by   Hope Cobb , Published in Michigan Movie Magazine Images courtesy of   20th Century Fox Home Entertainmen t and Hope Cobb D etroit is rapidly becoming the urban action film setting of choice for Hollywood.Productions  like  Red Dawn, Kill The Irishman, Transformers 3, Detroit 1-8-7 , and  Real Steel  have flocked  t o Detroit to take advantage of the abundant, relatively barren cityscapes, and film friendliness.   MMM recently had the opportunity to visit with  Street Kings: Motor City,  one of the latest films  to take advantage of Detroit’s post-industrial back lot. Street Kings: Motor City  stars acclaimed actors Ray Liotta ( Goodfellas ) and Shawn Hatosy  ( Southland, Public Enemies ). Liotta plays Marty Kingston, who is shot and barely survives  while  trying to save his partner during an undercover drug bust.  Four years later, after his  partner is  killed, he teams up with Detective Dan Sullivan (Hatosy) to investigate mul