Itreyila entsha yokwabelana, ngeli xesha le-movie «Ukuqengqelekamsgstr "inkwenkwezi Woody Harrelson kunye nabadlali ababalulekileyo: amagama afana noBen Foster, uRobin Wright, uSigourney Weaver, uSteve Buscemi, uAnne Heche, uCynthia Nixon, Ice Cube kunye noBrie Larson bayavela.
Kwimbali, ebekwe ngo-1990 eLos Angeles, igosa lezobupolisa uDave Brown (Harrelson) usebenza ukunyamekela intsapho yakhe, kunye nokulwa nokusinda kwakhe. Kodwa uBrown ubanjwe esenza "umsebenzi ongcolileyo" kwaye uzifumanisa ephakathi kwehlazo elibi.
«Ukuqengqeleka»Iyaqhutywa kwaye ibhalwe ngu Oren Moverman ("Umthunywa") kwaye isekwe kwibali nguJames Ellroy, umbhali we "LA Imfihlo. Iphambili yayo iya kuba nge-12 kaJanuwari ngo-2012, ngenjongo yokuba nendawo kwi-Oscars.