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Dark Blue Reviews

2003

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Set amidst the brutal L.A riots, Dark Blue tells the gritty story of crime and corruption within the Los Angeles Police Department. Kurt Russell stars as Sgt. Eldon Perry, a committed but crooked cop who will stop at nothing to rid the streets of crime. But when the old-blooded shootings and illegal assignments get too much for .. Read more

Starring	Kurt Russell, Brendan Gleeson, Scott Speedman, Ving Rhames
Director	Ron Shelton
Genres	Drama

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- Against a background of the riots that shook LA, a familiar story of criminal cops is played out, climaxing in the sort of confession of guilt that you only find in Hollywood movies.
- 32791
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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- - 19
  - 5
  Tense thriller
  
  Very underated, well made thriller set during the time of the LA riots following the Rodney King trial. Its themes are police corruption and the uneasy racial ... read more »
  
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  - Sheffield
  - 27 Nov 2003 at 08:56
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- - 0
  - 0
  seemed to drag
  
  I do love Kurt Russell and have seen nearly all of his films, so was looking forward to seeing this one, however I felt the film dragged, and so didn't ... read more »
  
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- - cheesekake
  - 758 reviews
  - uk
  - 08 Jun 2011 at 12:44
- - 0
  - 0
  Not about the riots..... merely
  
  with them as a backdrop. Primarily a good cop gone bad who (eventually) comes good again. Standard fayre but quite well done and with a plot tricky enough to ... read more »
  
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  - Lytham
  - 29 Dec 2010 at 19:26
- - 0
  - 0
  loved it
  
  Loved this film from the beggining to the end. Acting is good. Direction is also good. Cops, corruption, very interesting.
  
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  - London
  - 12 Dec 2008 at 09:18
- - 1
  - 0
  Kurt is cool
  
  Thats several films ive seen with Kurt Russell now, and i think he is a really good actor, he is understated. The film is a basic corrupt cops story, it doesnt ... read more »
  
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  - Woking
  - 12 Aug 2008 at 00:54
- - 0
  - 0
  An enjoyable film; but we've been here before
  
  Director Ron Shelton would go straight from this to making 'Hollywood homicide', another film about old cop/young cop roaming Los Angeles; screenwriter ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 08 Mar 2008 at 07:53
- - 0
  - 0
  Good "dirty cop" drama
  
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  Set just before the notorious LA Riots, Kurt Russell in (as one review fittingly describes it) a muscular role, plays not so much a 'dirty cop', but one... read more »
  
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- - wikkidsmyle
  - 438 reviews
  - Newmarket
  - 18 Nov 2007 at 20:31
- - 0
  - 0
  Good Action With Plenty To Think About
  
  I liked this film. It had plenty of action and gives the viewer alot to think about. Let down by the over use of four letter words but ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Brighton, England
  - 07 Jan 2007 at 14:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Dark Blue: The Shield Wannabe
  
  Being a big fan, of the Shield, I have wanted to watch this is a while thinking it would be similar. While in ... read more »
  
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- - raptor1217
  - 199 reviews
  - Wednesbury
  - 30 Dec 2006 at 23:51
- - 0
  - 0
  not to bad
  
  kurt russell has made better films
  
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- - SUZANNE SMITH
  - kings lynn
  - 22 Aug 2006 at 12:20
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  Kurt Russell at his best
  
  As one of the most underrated actors of his generation, many people will pass over Kurt Russell when thinking of great character actors, and so it is a pleasure... read more »
  
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- - DukeOfClubs
  - Midlothian
  - 04 Jul 2006 at 20:52
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- - 19
  - 5
  Tense thriller
  
  Very underated, well made thriller set during the time of the LA riots following the Rodney King trial. Its themes are police corruption and the uneasy racial ... read more »
  
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- 487
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Sheffield
  - 27 Nov 2003 at 08:56
- - 7
  - 1
  Underpowered Ellroy adaptation
  
  Ron Shelton's uneven cop thriller tells the story of tough LA cop Eldon Perry(Kurt Russell). Perry is part of the city's SIS squad and doesn't mind ... read more »
  
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- - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 29 Jul 2004 at 23:28
- - 6
  - 1
  a gripping drama
  
  Kurt Russell excels as the alcoholic self-styled 'gunslinger' whose conscience just won't stretch any further, and Scott Speedman gives a fine ... read more »
  
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- - Laffin
  - England
  - 23 Nov 2003 at 23:00
- - 5
  - 0
  Standard dirty cop fare
  
  Yes, yes we've been here before.
  
  Kurt Russell delivers (as always) as a shoot first ask questions later kind of cop in this thriller which is set... read more »
  
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- - LawrenceR
  - Berks
  - 30 Dec 2003 at 10:35
- - 5
  - 2
  LA Confidential it aint...
  
  If you like James Ellroy, hard-boiled author of LA Confidential, Black Dahlia etc it's worth checking out Dark Blue. He wrote the story on which the ... read more »
  
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  - Brixton, London
  - 11 Feb 2004 at 09:31
- - 4
  - 0
  Fun in an old school kinda way
  
  The film has elements of "Magnum Force" about it. That film was set in the 70s. This one is set in the 80s and has a 90s slickness but filmed in 2000s... read more »
  
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- - Brigantte
  - Lancashire
  - 31 Dec 2003 at 12:22
- - 3
  - 1
  Well worth a look!
  
  I was never a big fan of Kurt Russell, more looks than substance ( remeber the eye patch in Escape from New York...wiffy), but as he's gotten older and a ... read more »
  
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- 53991
- - Micthetic
  - 103 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 18 Nov 2004 at 12:52
- - 2
  - 0
  There has been a ...
  
  There has been a recent trend for 'bad cop' movies, like Training Day and Narc, this is another of that genre. Unfortunately, this is not as good as ... read more »
  
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- - Ditch#1
  - EALING
  - 08 Jan 2004 at 14:49
- - 2
  - 0
  Enjoyable thriller
  
  This is an enjoyable thriller in which Kurt Russell plays the bitter, corrupt cop to perfection. The film is based on corruption within the LAPD and the tragic ... read more »
  
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- 298355
- - marcymarcb
  - Merseyside
  - 26 Jan 2004 at 11:28
- - 2
  - 0
  Been There Done That
  
  Despite being set around the time of the Rodney King Riots this film has a more dated feel about it. At any moment you feel as if Dirty Harry will drive up and ... read more »
  
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  - 11 Mar 2004 at 14:51

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- Dark Blue
  
  Set amidst the brutal L.A riots, Dark Blue tells the gritty story of crime and corruption within the Los Angeles Police Department. Kurt Russell stars as Sgt. Eldon Perry, a committed but crooked cop who will stop at nothing to rid the streets of crime. But when the old-blooded shootings and ...