Black and Blue

Name: Black and Blue
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 25, 2019
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Beau Knapp, Carsyn Taylor, Deneen Tyler, Frank Grillo, Frankie Smith

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Screen Gems | Release Date: October 25, 2019 | R

Starring: Beau Knapp, Carsyn Taylor, Deneen Tyler, Frank Grillo, Frankie Smith, James Moses Black, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Kevin Johnson, Lucky Johnson, Lucy Golden, Michael Papajohn, Mike Colter, Nafessa Williams, Naomie Harris, Nelson Bonilla, Reid Scott, Tyrese Gibson, Vermyttya Erahn

Summary: A rookie cop (Naomie Harris) inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person (Tyrese Gibson) from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who areA rookie cop (Naomie Harris) inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person (Tyrese Gibson) from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.… Expand

Director: Deon Taylor

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 108 min

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Oktay Ege Kozak

Oct 31, 2019

It’s a pulse-pounding, tightly wound thriller that sticks its predictable but nevertheless effective ending in order to provide a satisfying genre retread. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Oct 23, 2019

Sure, Black and Blue is a minor film, but it’s irresistible. Read full review

Leah Greenblatt

Oct 25, 2019

Harris, eyes blazing, brings a humanity and an urgency that serve the story maybe more than it deserves: a performance above and beyond the call of duty. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Oct 22, 2019

Although less convincing when it tries to say something meaningful about racism and police brutality, Black And Blue has sufficient pulp pleasures and a winning confidence in executing its modest ambitions. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Oct 24, 2019

It’s hard to make a case for being a timely, provocative thriller when so many characters are regressive caricatures. Read full review

Tomris Lafly

Oct 24, 2019

Black and Blue feels imbalanced and overlong, favoring fast and repetitive chase scenes over well-calibrated tension. Read full review

Matthew Monagle

Oct 24, 2019

Black and Blue is almost incoherently edited, dumping out chase scenes where characters round corners and enter rooms with absolutely no sense of spacing or location. That, plus a predictable number of digital squibs, prevents the film from connecting as either art or entertainment. Read full review

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Terez

Oct 28, 2019

Great acting, just enough suspense, message and story line is even more of an eye opener. Must watch i

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icecold06_1992

Mar 7, 2021

This movie was great from beginning to end. The acting, the storytelling and the plot. Spotted what happens when police don't protect and serve communities of color when those within their ranks are still trying to do the right thing.

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Tsimon

Oct 26, 2019

Mindblowing story. The storyline was wild at every level and Im glad that more movies like this are being made. I got out the movie and was immediately ready ti watch it again.

1 of 7 users found this helpful16

DrSG

Oct 25, 2019

Interesting...thought provoking and honest. A great matinee trip that will prompt a host of conversations regarding societal ills, polce corruption and the like!

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TVJerry

Oct 25, 2019

Naomie Harris plays rookie police officer who stumbles upon some dirty cops and happens to record their illegal actions on her body cam. The rest of the movie scrambles her all over her former gang-ridden neighborhood trying to stay alive (with the help of an old friend played by TyreseNaomie Harris plays rookie police officer who stumbles upon some dirty cops and happens to record their illegal actions on her body cam. The rest of the movie scrambles her all over her former gang-ridden neighborhood trying to stay alive (with the help of an old friend played by Tyrese Gibson). Although there's not much subtle about the script's messages and there are some flaws in the logic, director Deon Taylor has created a tense drama with more suspense coming from the chase and interactions than from violence (although there is some of that). Harris and the rest of the cast do a good job of helping make what could have been a trite corrupt cop flick into a dark and compelling drama.… Expand

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MarkHReviews

Nov 3, 2019

“Black and Blue” is a police procedural that offers a few pleasures along the way. The plot, however, is a plodding process of pedantic predictability. It’s not just that you can predict the storyline from a mile away - if you were circling the globe in a space capsule, the plot would“Black and Blue” is a police procedural that offers a few pleasures along the way. The plot, however, is a plodding process of pedantic predictability. It’s not just that you can predict the storyline from a mile away - if you were circling the globe in a space capsule, the plot would still be painfully self-evident.

Alicia West (Naomie Harris) is a vet who has served two tours in Afghanistan and decided to return home to the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, become a cop and continue her service to country. Most of her colleagues and adversaries are simply cardboard cut-outs. Apparently, all white cops are bad: uninterested in the plight of blacks in poorer areas of the city, obnoxiously aggressive jerks at best, murderers at worst. With only minor exceptions, blacks are gang members living the code of the streets.

What makes this film worthwhile is Naomie Harris. You may have seen her in 2016’s “Moonlight.” Some will recognize her as the first black Miss Moneypenny in “Skyfall” and “Spectre,” the two most recent installments in the James Bond franchise. Her performance here is a study in controlled intensity. Her self-control it admirable; it’s probably all she can do to keep from shooting the director and the screenwriter. In an outtake shown when the closing credits begin to roll, she displays a smile so luminous that you could see it from that space capsule. It’s the only time you see her smile in the film, presumably because she read the script beforehand.

Mike Colter makes his obligatory turn as the drug kingpin, Darius, a bit less two-dimensional than it might have been. His role here as an intimidating thug offers an interesting departure from his much more appealing roles in “Luke Cage” and this year’s TV show “Evil.” As Mouse, Tyrese Gibson (best known as a pillar of the “Fast and Furious” franchise) takes full advantage of being the only other character in the film with any depth or nuance.

If you’re an action-adventure junkie, “Black and Blue” won’t disappoint. There’s plenty of action, lots of fights and an abundance of chase scenes. Unfortunately, a lot of those chases end up at dead ends.… Expand

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Karry_Behan

Dec 30, 2019

If someone told me that Peter A. Dowling ghost-wrote The Room, i'd believe them.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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