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Blue Streak
1999
Lawrence stars as ex-con Miles Logan--a crafty jewel thief forced to hide his stash of diamonds at a construction site when his $20 million heist went awry. Now that he's out of the slammer, he wants the loot back! There's only one problem--the place he hid them is now an L.A. police precinct. When he impersonates a badgeman to .. Read more
| Starring | Martin Lawrence, Tamala Jones, William Forsythe, Dave Chappelle |
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| Director | Les Mayfield |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
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Blue Streak
Lawrence stars as ex-con Miles Logan--a crafty jewel thief forced to hide his stash of diamonds at a construction site when his $20 million heist went awry. Now that he's out of the slammer, he wants the loot back! There's only one problem--the place he hid them is now an L.A. police precinct. When he impersonates a badgeman to get close to his jewels, he winds up in the middle of robberies, drug busts and car chases with his unsuspecting rookie partner (Wilson). Which will happen first--Miles recovering his lost booty or gaining the respect of the police force for action in the line of duty
| Starring | Martin Lawrence, Tamala Jones, William Forsythe, Dave Chappelle |
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| Director | Les Mayfield |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | German, Hungarian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish Blu-ray: Croatian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Finnish, Romanian, Slovene, Danish, Estonian, Greek, Hindi, Czech, Norwegian, Italian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, English, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish, Polish |
| Released | DVD: 24 Nov 2004 Blu-ray: 03 Nov 2008 Production year: 1999 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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In this crime comedy, Martin Lawrence plays a thief who emerges from prison and is horrified to find that the construction site where he had hidden a stolen jewel is now a police station. Joining the boys in blue, his “wrong side of the law” approach to crime-solving yields some extraordinary results. Unlike so many action comedies, director Les Mayfield's film boasts an intricate and cleverly structured plot, though the tension is undermined by Lawrence's wild overacting. Highly reminiscent of Eddie Murphy's early (funny) movies, not to mention the 1965 British comedy The Big Job that starred Sid James, this may be unashamedly lowbrow entertainment, but it's great fun nonetheless.
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A corny excuse for a comedy is given occasional life by the vigorous performance of its star, but even he cannot salvage such hand-me-down material.
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17 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Brilliant - just pure brilliance
I have watched this film over 30 times and still love it, you can not beat the comedy that Martin Lawrence offers or the fast moving action the film delivers.
One of the best movies around, it offers humour, action, effects and a good storyline which makes it a classic family film, if you don't get this you will regret it -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Ace film.
This film is excellent. Original storyline, bit far fetched but Martin Lawrence makes the movie. It's a bit like Starsky and Hutch in that it's very much a boys toys action movie, and the ending goes a bit awry, but it keeps you watching right to the end.
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