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| Dark Blue [2003] | ![Dark Blue [2003]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FPQBZS1NL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Ron Shelton
Actors: Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson
Studio: Momentum Pictures
Category: DVD
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Language: English (Original Language)
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Running Time: 118 minutes
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Rodney King riots of April 1992 hang like a keg of dynamite over IDark Blue/I, a crackling tale of Los Angeles police corruption that gives Kurt Russell one of the best roles of his underrated career. Adapted by ITraining Day/I screenwriter David Ayer from a story by IL.A. Confidential/I novelist James Ellroy, the plot finds Russell's rule-bending detective teamed with a promising young partner (Scott Speedman) whose ethics have yet to be tainted. Their boss (Brendan Gleeson) is a lawless maverick, manoeuvring the unwitting detectives into covering up a lucrative robbery scam, while L.A.P.D.'s Deputy Chief (Ving Rhames) campaigns to bring them all down. pWhile adhering to familiar cop-thriller formula, director Ron Shelton (IBull Durham/I) escalates tension with forceful impact, drawing a climactic parallel between the King riots and the fallout from Russell's cynical behaviour. It's a powerhouse combination, allowing Russell to find shades of complexity in a character who realises, almost too late, that he's a devil in the hell of LA. --IJeff Shannon/I
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 Shades Of Training Day In Theme But Not In Style..... May 31, 2008
Caught this last night on TV. An excellent, 2003 urban thriller which uses the real life events of L.A. 1992 as a background for a hard hitting movie.br /Kurt Russell gives an unusually, brutal performance as the obligatory cop on the edge, with very good support from a strong cast that includes Brendan Gleeson Ving Rhames. It's very similiar, thematically to 2001's Training Day (although even Russell cannot be as dangerous as Denzel Washington's terrifying Alonzo). Corrupt cops, the odd burst of brutal action, a little bit of hip hop/urban music of the time (Public Enemy/NWA) nothing is ever black white in the world of the LAPD!!br /What makes the movie very different is that the style and the action scenes look to have been deliberateley made to look like a late 80's/early 90's movie. I guess this is in line with the time that the movie is set in it generally works well. br /I wouldn't call it action packed as such, more in line with Training Day in its short bursts of hard hitting gunplay - the early scenes, involving a violent, armed robbery are fairly shocking, mind.br /There is a definite sense of foreboding building through the film and the climactic riots are well depicted, although they are not central as such to the story.br /Recommended if you liked Training Day, Narc, Copland etc.
Good corrupt cops drama with great performance from Kurt Russell March 5, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sports guy Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, etc.) directs this one from a screenstory by David Ayer and James Ellroy. As you would expect with Ellroy contributing, it's a story about corruption in the L.A. police, but this one is a little more contemporary than L.A. Confidential, set as it is during the Rodney King scandal of the early nineties. World's greatest and most underappreciated actor Kurt Russell stars as detective Eldon Perry, a man who lives very much in the proverbial grey area of law enforcement. br /br /Perry is an old-fashioned copper with no qualms about beating suspects, planting evidence, even murdering criminals when he feels it serves his purpose. While investigating a robbery with his young partner (Scott Speedman), Perry discovers a nasty can of worms and finds himself questioning, for the first time, the nobility of his cause as his life crumbles around him. br /br /Russell, a man who tends to avoid the showy roles taken by the likes of De Niro or Crowe or Washington, gets to flex his acting muscles fully here with a part he can really sink his teeth into. He's utterly convincing as this arrogant blowhard of a man, and is just as good when it comes to showing the turmoil that begins to take him over. Screenwriter Ayer also wrote Training Day, for which Denzel Washington deservedly picked up an oscar, and Russell is treading very similar ground to Washington in this one, although with a little more ambiguity. It's a magnificent performance - up there with Russell's best work.br /br /Although we are never allowed to forget that Eldon Perry is a monster, Shelton and co. ensure this is never a simple story with an easy answer. The question that is posed - should we allow immoral behaviour in pursuit of a higher goal - is an interesting one, and also one that will be familiar to viewers of the excellent TV show The Shield. If you've enjoyed that one, or the aforementioned Training Day, this is well worth a look.
Good movie. December 8, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
When I hired this film out I wasn't sure what to expect, i'd heard mixed reviews about it. It was entirley Kurt Russell that attracted me to this film. In my opinion he is a fine actor deserving of more credit. This film is basically about a bad cop (Kurt Russell) who leads a rookie cop down the wrong path into corruption. He seems quite willing to kill a bad guy with no trial and no paperwork. Other people higher in the ranks push him into doing some dodgy things which in the end wreck his life. It will take you a while to get to know the characters. To begin with they seem unlikeable and one dimensional, but as the film progresses you see that the two leading characters do indeed have a concious. Kurt gradually throughout the film shows that the character isn't quite what you thought he was. He knows what he's doing is wrong and with the unfortunate incident at the end realises he has had enough and decides to do the right thing.pOverall this is a very good film. The story is very similair to Training Day but in my opinion Kurt's performance is better. His acting is superb. He manages to make the climax emotional but doesn't over act at any point in the film. His character is completely beleivable. I also liked the rest of the cast. Ving Rhames was a great choice for the role as deputy chief. Scott Speedman also done a great job as Kurt's partner.
 The pits November 23, 2003
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a resident of the Greater Los Angeles area, I'll be the first to say that LA isn't the most salubrious place to live. But DARK BLUE paints such an unflattering portrait of the city and it's police force that even I was mildly disgusted.pKurt Russell is LAPD Sgt. Eldon Perry serving with a special investigations unit. Both his grandfather and father were also LA cops. The family tradition is that you take a sleazeball off the streets by subduing him, shooting him in cold blood, planting a bogus weapon, then claim self defense in the subsequent Internal Affairs hearing. Perry's new partner, rookie Bobby Keough (Scott Speedman), is learning the ropes. The Perry philosophy is shared by his boss, Jack Van Meter (Brendan Gleeson), who has crooked deals going on the side that even Eldon doesn't know about. Out to nail them all is Deputy Chief Holland (Ving Rhames), whose skeleton in the closet is that he once slept with his aide, Sgt. Beth Williamson (Michael Michelle), who herself is now bedding Keough.pThis film has no engaging characters. Russell's Perry makes Denzel Washington's Alonzo Harris (TRAINING DAY) seem positively charming in comparison. Holland is the nominal good guy, but he demonstrates all the vitality and leadership qualities of a brick. Keough is so muddled that, by the time he sorts himself out, it's hard to care. Williamson is a knockout in her dark blue dress uniform, but otherwise has all the warmth of a police .38 stored in an icebox.pDARK BLUE adds insult to injury by positioning the storyline during that week in April 1992 when Rodney King's police beaters were acquitted and parts of Los Angeles were looted and torched by angry mobs. At the very end, as I gazed on a downtown panorama of flames and smoke, I wished that all Midwesterners, Southerners, Northerners, and Easterners wishing to move to overcrowded SoCal could see this film. Perhaps they'd decide to relocate to the Balkans instead.
Easily Digestable Corrupt Cops Tale October 29, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This film follows the fortunes of a pair of 'dirty' cops. brBoth cops on the surface appear to be the sort of good looking, maverick, gung-ho cops we like to see in movies. This is not a 'Lethal weapon' movie. Its a gritty down to earth cops tale.br brThe cops have apparently drifted into a path of conduct where a certain level of institutional corruption appears to be accepted and tolerated. They don't try to profit from events themselves but are guilty of bending the rules to satisfy their superiors orders. This involves the far worse crimes of framing and murder. pThe two cops very similar to the Russell Crowe character in 'L.A. Confidential'. They are uncomfortable with the morality of what they are doing but accept it as the way it has always been. You can't but help want them to come out on top but you also want them to redeem themselves or turn their backs on the corruption.pThe events take place in L.A. just before and during the riots triggered by the real life equital of a group of cops who were filmed beating a black suspect in the early 90's. These events add an extra level of credibility to the film.pThe film is a little gem in that I had no previous conceptions about it beforehand. It has received little or no publicity and hype. It's therefore a film you can watch without having any idea how it will end. pIt is well acted and well plotted. There have been quite a few corrupt Cop films recently but with the exception of 'L.A. Confidential', I would class this as one of the best. The story is clear and well executed but conventional. It gets the message across without going to seedy or confusing like the 'Bad Lieutenant' or 'Training Day'.pKurt Russell is one of those actors that has been making pretty good films for ages without ever quite getting into the 'A' division. In my opinion 'Dark Blue'is in the 'Tombstone' and 'Executive Decision' league of the Kurt Russell filmography.brIf you liked 'L.A. Confidential', you will like this film.
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