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57 out of 100

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6.7 out of 10

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  • Starring: Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Ving Rhames
  • Summary: Over the course of four days, a brutal murder and a racially charged trial trigger and explosive chain of events that resonate throughout Los Angeles. While navigating through the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L.A., two of the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad officers (Russell, Speedman) must track down cold-blooded killers and also face their own demons, which prove to be more ruthless than the criminals they pursue. (MGM)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 37
  3. Negative: 4 out of 37
  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    100
    Dark Blue is one of those totally happy surprises that moves so quickly and curves so sharply that it leaves this era's hyped critical hits looking like beached whales.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    If this brutal tale of crime and corruption within the upper ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department feels like an updated retelling of "L.A. Confidential," there's good reason. Both stories spring from the dark mind of American crime writer James Ellroy.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Creates a hellishly evil portrait of a police department in which every white cop is either a racist thug or an enabler, and every black cop a disgusted observer or crusading hero.

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