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 |