But as Poole and Jackson move closer to the truth, they’ll find themselves being targeted by individuals who prefer that this case remain a mystery.
Based off the book LAbyrinth by Randall Sullivan, City of Lies sees Russell Poole revisiting the Biggie Smalls case, but this time he’s working alongside journalist “Jack” Jackson, played by Forest Whitaker, whose is trying desperately to save his reputation and career.
Depp’s Poole notes at the beginning of the trailer that a murder that big only goes unsolved if the police don’t want to to solve it.
More than 20 years after Biggie’s death, not one person has been arrested, but as Poole and Jackson work together, they’ll start to learn more than ever before about why the rapper was murdered.