Jamie Lee Curtis,
Ron Silver,
Clancy Brown,
Elizabeth Peņa,
Louise Fletcher
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Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a rookie cop who witnesses a robbery in progress on her first night on the job. With her more experienced partner using the men's room, Megan decides to take action ... read more
DVD Release Date: December 3, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (209)
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July 7, 2007Jamie Lee Curtis does not look very good in a police uniform. There are some good suspense scenes in this film however.
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June 10, 2007Jamie Lee Curtis (Carpenter films aside): poor. Ron Silver: poor. Kathryn "Point Break" Bigelow: oh, so very poor. Not a recipe for success.
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January 22, 2009The movie reminds us again and again that Curtis is a female cop and that there is something wrong with that. Socially it's not normal for a woman to possess that power. She must have issues and her character in this movie does have issues with an abusive father, and she hasn't... read more
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August 18, 2010BLUE STEEL is about a rookie female cop (Jamie Lee Curtis) who kills an armed robber (Tom Sizemore) the first day on the job. During the altercation, one of the witnesses, Eugene Hunt, a Wall St. gold trader played by Ron Silver surreptitiously pockets the weapon and leaves. He l... read more
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April 5, 2010Jamie Lee Curtis stars as a female rookie cop who shoots a convenient store robber (Tom Sizemore) and the robbers gun is missing. Her superiors believe she shot an unarmed man, when in reality a thrill seeking psycho (the late Ron Silver) took the gun. He starts killing people wi... read more
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July 8, 2009Good thriller that the director casted Ron Silver of all people as the disturbed individual, why I dont know however he pulls it off quite smoothly. gripping storyline that is one of those movies that makes you want to reach thru the screen and grab the villain yourself. Another ... read more
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April 28, 2006It just has to be said: Kathryn Bigelow is a guarantee for intelligent, psychological and exciting action cinema. Great film.
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November 21, 2011One of the best films of 1990 ! Great preformance by Jamie lee Curtis . Kathryn Bigelow proves early in her career she can direct with the big boys. A very tense thriller with The steel buildings of N.Y. as the back drop .A very good film !
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December 6, 2008This is a good movie
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Critic Reviews
May 26, 2006
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
May 5, 2006
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The thriller inadvertently becomes an exercise in erotic violence: Director Bigelow turns the heroine's uniform and gun into fetishism, making her film a field day for Freudian psychologists. Full Review
April 25, 2005
Clint Morris, Moviehole
A captivating and thrilling whodunnit....Silver's tops
May 22, 2003
Frank Ochieng, TheWorldJournal.com
A routine crime thriller that surprisingly adds some off-kilter punch to its run-of-the-mill psychological edginess.
January 12, 2003
Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
The film gets very silly at times, particularly during the unnaturally attenuated final showdown between Megan and Eugene, but it's still enjoyable. Full Review
November 14, 2002
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Good premise, weak execution. Silver is rather hammy as the gun nut.
July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Bigelow brings some steely style to an otherwise pedestrian cop thriller. Clever switcheroo on the casting, though.
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