1986
R
Paramount Pictures
1 h 23 m

1986
R
Paramount Pictures
1 h 23 m

Summary A drifter returns to his Florida hometown only to discover that his father, the local mayor, was the victim of a mysterious murder during his absence. Vowing to find the killer and avenge his fathers death, he starts his own investigation.

Directed By: Michelle Manning

Written By: Ross Macdonald, Lukas Heller, Walter Hill

1986
R
Paramount Pictures
1 h 23 m

1986
R
Paramount Pictures
1 h 23 m

Blue City

Name: Blue City
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1986-05-02
Duration: 1 min 23 s
Rating: 18
Cast: Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso, Paul Winfield, Scott Wilson

Metascore Overwhelming Dislike Based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Michelle Manning

Written By: Ross Macdonald, Lukas Heller, Walter Hill

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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 8 Critic Reviews

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13% Mixed
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88% Negative
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Metascore

Overwhelming Dislike Based on 8 Critic Reviews

0% Positive
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13% Mixed
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88% Negative
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Time Out

Fast, stylish, but the formula palled ages back and it hardly does justice to the Ross Macdonald novel on which it is based.

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Christian Science Monitor

Scott Wilson gives a surprisingly lively performance as the apparent villain of the story, while good guys Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy strive to out-bland each other. The action is generally vicious, vulgar, and vapid. [9 May 1986, p.25]

By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW

Miami Herald

The combination of slack script and coasting star is invariably lethal, and since Blue City doesn't aim very high to begin with, the disaster is complete. Even the gunfights are staged ineptly, and the picture's one big action sequence is so telegraphed that during a preview showing, when Nelson's character finally tumbled to what was going on and muttered, "It's a setup," the audience hooted happily in derision. [3 May 1986, p.D1]

By Bill Cosford FULL REVIEW

Chicago Tribune

A bad script. Bad casting. What`s left? How about the guilty party you can spot within minutes? Add a complete lack of suspense to that list and it ensures that Blue City will be on this critic`s list of the year`s worst movies.

By Gene Siskel FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Blue City is full of unbelievable, ineptly staged action sequences. It's most offensive, however, for its dialogue, and for the frivolous way it debases the shock value of obscene words. If, in 10 years, we wind up with an utterly colorless language, movies like this will have been at least partly to blame.

By Vincent Canby FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Blue City has exactly one thing to recommend it: Ry Cooder’s typically funky, steely, hard-edged score. Overall, it’s such a flabbergasting turkey--misfiring in every conceivable direction--that it may actually improve if you watch it with your eyes shut.

By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

If it is useful to know that a director knows absolutely nothing about filmmaking, from script to casting to editing to where to put the camera, then there is one useful thing to be had from Blue City. First-time director Michelle Manning has spun a yarn that is grotesquely implausible, less affecting than plausible, and less attractive than affecting -- Blue City seems to have been processed in mud, and even Godard at his most perverse couldn't have violated the rules of camera placement and framing more doggedly. [5 May 1986, p.B4]

By Paul Attanasio FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Paramount Pictures

Release Date May 2, 1986

Duration 1 h 23 m

Rating R

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Tagline It's the coolest heat you'll ever feel.

Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/blue-city.14016/

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Top Cast

Judd Nelson

Billy Turner

Ally Sheedy

Annie Rayford

David Caruso

Joey Rayford

Paul Winfield

Chief Luther Reynolds

Scott Wilson

Perry Kerch

Anita Morris

Malvina Kerch-Turner

Luis Contreras

Lieutenant Ortiz

Julie Carmen

Debbie Torres

Allan Graf

Graf

Hank Stone

Hank

Tom Lister Jr.

Tiny

Rex Ryon

Rex

Felix Nelson

Caretaker

Willard E. Pugh

Leroy

Sam Whipple

Jailer

David L. Crowley

Bartender

Paddi Edwards

Kate

John H. Evans

Young Cop

Rick Hurst

Redneck

Lincoln Simonds

Johnny Parks

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