Movie circa 2005? Involves cops, gangsters, demons?

Question

There's a movie I watched a few years ago. It's crap, but it's really bugging me that I can't think of its name.

I think it was released around 2005 (possibly earlier, but no earlier than 2003 or later than 2006).

I think it's set in Venice, or Santa Monica (or another beach town).

There's an undercover cop, and there's a gang. This gang turns out to be more, they're demons or something like that.

I watched this movie on DVD about 10 years ago, and I can't find a trace of it using multiple search strings. I think this needs someone who knows the movie. Any ideas anybody?

Answer 1

Is it "Cast a Deadly Spell" from 1991?

In 1948 Los Angeles, everyone uses magic- everyone except hard-boiled private detective H. Phillip Lovecraft, who refuses for "personal reasons." Lovecraft is hired by a mysterious rich man to recover a stolen book, the Necronomicon. Investigating, he finds that the book holds the key to taking over the world by magical means, releasing the "Old Ones".

Answer 2

Is it Max Payne, released in 2008? It's a little later than you were thinking, but I immediately thought of it when you said

"cops and demons."