Review of Dark Blue

Heck, I still kind of liked this film. I am a Kurt Russell fanatic, I think he is good in anything. However, other than Ving Rhames, he receives no help in this film. Moreover, some of the acting in this film is dismal, I am not mentioning any names or characters (female cop). Moreover, there are some scenes where you just say, "man, that was a take?" Heck, there is no other way of saying it, the script was flawed. In one scene, Russell's character has his partner bag like 50 cigarette butts from the street where a robbery took place, and he is able to find out through some miraculous DNA test, who smoked it and the address where he is now registered at, in like a day! This is LAPD, not an FBI strike force. In other scenes, Kurt Russell asks for info over the phone and then relays to his partner thirty seconds of information he just found out, when the call lasted about five seconds. OK, I am nitpicking, but still, not the stuff you find in a better directed film.

The story deals with a police department being ripped apart at the seams. The Rodney King incident has caused a deep division in the city of LA and her police department. One spark and both could erupt. Which brings us to our main character, played by Kurt Russell. He is a cop, but he is far from being a good man. However, he is not all bad, let's just call him flawed (no, he is bad). Well, he is going to learn, that when you lay down with dogs, well, you know. Oh well, if you are a Russell fan and you like LA cop movies, you will probably like this film. If you are a stickler for polished dramas with tight scripts and stellar performances, well, you won't like it. 65. seems like a fair rating.