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02/09/06
Blue Steel (1990)
63 %
Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 10 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Synopsis: When a psychotic Wall Street broker witnesses rookie cop Megan Turner gunning down an armed robber in a grocery store, he becomes instantly obsessed with her. In the midst of all the swift and sudden violence, he manages to steal the assailant's gun; as a result, the novice cop, who already has... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peņa, Tom Sizemore
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
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Bloody and absurd, the thriller inadvertently becomes an exercise in erotic violence, with Bigelow turning the heroine's uniform and gun into fetishism; the film is a field day for Freudian psychologists.
05/05/06
A routine crime thriller that surprisingly adds some off-kilter punch to its run-of-the-mill psychological edginess.
05/22/03
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05/20/03
Top Critic
The film gets very silly at times, particularly during the unnaturally attenuated final showdown between Megan and Eugene, but it's still enjoyable.
01/12/03
Bigelow brings some steely style to an otherwise pedestrian cop thriller. Clever switcheroo on the casting, though.
07/26/02
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