Blue Streak Reviews

Blue Streak Review
by Christian Pyle
When cat burglar Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) rips off a $17M diamond just before the cops close in, he has to leave the stone behind: duct-taped inside the heating system of a building under construction. A couple years later, Logan gets out of jail...more

Blue Streak Review
by Greg King
BLUE STREAK (M). (Columbia Tristar) Director: Les Mayfield Stars: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, William Forsythe, Peter Greene, Nicole Ari Parker Running time: 93 minutes. Martin Lawrence (Bad Boys, etc) has always been something of a second rate...more

Blue Streak Review
by Jeff Bogart
* * *1/2 out of four I got the chance to catch a sneak preview of this film before it was released back a few weeks ago, along with The Runaway Bride ?(review already posted). I'll admit that this film was poorly advertised. The previews made it look...more

Blue Streak Review
by Stephen Graham Jones
Bad luck is central to comedies, simply because bad luck erases fault, fault which could make guilt. And guilt isn't funny. So, in order to remain funny, include lots of bad luck. Les Mayfield's Blue Streak does, over and over and over. As a result, it...more

Blue Streak Review
by James Brundage
Typecasting. Definition, when writers pigeonhole you into one role, assuming you can do nothing more than that. However, typecasting is not just a product of the writers. It is not just a product of your Hollywood image. It’s a product of what you...more

Blue Streak Review
by Michael Dequina
Martin Lawrence is a talented comedian, but too often he gets stuck with creaky material, such as the script to the mediocre action comedy _Blue_Streak_. Lawrence plays Miles Logan, an expert jewel thief who poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he...more

Blue Streak Review
by Ram Samudrala
Martin Lawrence is given a lot of leeway in /Blue Streak/ and that makes for an enjoyable mostly-hits-but-a-few-misses film. The comedy takes the path that many recent comedies have, such as /Big Daddy/ and /Bowfinger/: generate humour by being as...more

Blue Streak Review
by Homer Yen
If you've seen "Beverly Hills Cop" or "Lethal Weapon" or any of a dozen other cop/buddy/comedy movies, then you probably know that all of these films follow a very similar recipe: more

Blue Streak Review
by Frankie Paiva
For being an early fall movie, Blue Streak strikes quite a few resemblances. Obviously, there's the Beverly Hills Cop factor, which seems to supply most of the action plot, and fast-talking bad-mouthed African-Americans to this movie. Then there's Rush...more

Blue Streak Review
by Eugene Novikov
Martin Lawrence is in the first stages of big-time Hollywood fame. The amiable comic got his very first breakout hit earlier this year with Life, in which he co-starred with Murphy. Almost right on its heels comes Blue Streak, another sure-fire...more

Blue Streak Review
by Jamey Hughton
Blue Streak, while not to be mistaken for a cinematic masterpiece, is a moderately amusing diversion. It circulates around a familiar fish-out-of-water plot, has the regular cardboard characters, and never does anything special with the formula. But...more
Blue Streak Review
by John Beachem
“Blue Streak”, Martin Lawrence’s newest outing and first appearance without a big name star by his side (Life, Bad Boys), may be cliched and formulaic, but it entertains, none the less. However, be warned that if you’re not a Martin Lawrence fan you...more
Blue Streak Review
by Dustin Putman
Directed by Les Mayfield. Cast: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, Peter Greene, William Forsythe, Nicole Ari Parker, Tamala Jones. 1999 - 96 minutes Rated PG-13 (for profanity and violence). Reviewed September 19, 1999. more
Blue Streak Review
by Susan Granger
Martin Lawrence reminds me of Jerry Lewis with his silly antics in this action comedy and of Eddie Murphy with his fast-talking glibness. Lawrence plays a jewel thief who, after spending two years in prison, discovers that the under-construction...more
Blue Streak Review
by Bob Bloom
"Blue Streak" is unoriginal, uninspired and derivative. Plus it stars Martin Lawrence, a comic who thinks he's an actor in the Eddie Murphy mode of the fast-talking con man who's smarter than anyone else - especially the white cops with whom he becomes...more
Blue Streak Review
by Steve Rhodes
Squirrels hide their treasured food and then forget the location. But not master jewel thief Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence). In BLUE STREAK he knows exactly where he hid his treasured diamond, but that isn't enough. The location has become inaccessible...more
Blue Streak Review
by Chuck Schwartz
Cranky Critic® movie reviews: Blue Streak Rated PG-13, 93 minutes Starring Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle and William Forsythe Written by Michael Berry & John Blumenthal and Steve Carpenter Directed by Les...more
Blue Streak Review
by Berge Garabedian
Only three weeks before the release of his film, actor Martin Lawrence keeled over while taking a jog draped in a moose-fur sweater in no less than 100 degree weather. It was an extremely unfortunate and life-threatening situation, which left him in a...more
Blue Streak Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Columbia Pictures Director: Les Mayfield Writer: Michael Berry & John Blumenthal and Steve Carpenter Cast: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe, Peter Greene, Nicole Ari Parker more