| Dark Blue Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 6/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Dark Blue" (United Artists)
Do you remember the racially-biased Rodney King assault back in 1991?
Footage from that controversial incident opens this police drama, starring Kurt
Russell as Elden Perry, a boozing racist...more |
| Dark Blue Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 4/10) |
| Silly me. For some reason, I thought that whole post-9/11 love affair with
the police was going to last more than a year or two. It seems we're back
to spitting and hurling things at the very same men in blue that we were
applauding and saluting after...more |
| Dark Blue Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| The grainy video of the Rodney King beating by four Los Angeles police officers
opens "Dark Blue" as we arrive in April 1992 on the eve of the verdict by the
all-white jury far removed from where the blatant police brutality took place a
year before. The...more |
| Dark Blue Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C+) |
| DARK BLUE (director/writer: Ron Shelton; screenwriters: based on a story by
James Ellroy/David Ayer; cinematographer: Barry Peterson; editor: Paul Seydor;
music: Terence Blanchard; cast: Kurt Russell (Sgt. Eldon Perry Jr.), Scott
Speedman (Bobby...more |
| Dark Blue Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 5/10) |
| PLOT:
A badass veteran L.A. police officer is protective of his rookie partner as he
teaches the young lass about how shite really works in the LAPD. But as the less
experienced detective starts to form a mind of his own, he recognizes certain
moral...more |
| Dark Blue Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Bobby Keough (Scott Speedman, "Duets") seemingly has it made. His uncle
Jack (Brendan Gleeson, "Gangs of New York") is the head of SIS, his
partner Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell, "Vanilla Sky") is a favored
veteran and he's just pulled through his first...more |
| Dark Blue Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
| DARK BLUE, told with a meat cleaver approach by Ron Shelton (PLAY IT TO THE
BONE), is about sadistic, lying white cops and brave, honest black cops. With
its silly and supercilious dialog, this would-be hard hitting drama is hard to
take seriously and...more |
| Dark Blue Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 2.5
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
United Artists
Directed by: Ron Shelton
Written by: David Ayer, story by James Ellroy
Cast: Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Ving Rhames, Brendan
Gleeson, Lolia Davidovich,
Screened at: Loews...more |
