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Blue Steel (1989)
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Release Date:
16 March 1990 (USA)
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Tagline:
For a rookie cop, there's one thing more dangerous than uncovering a killer's fantasy. Becoming it.
Plot:
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her. | add synopsis
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Police
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Helicopter
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Bullet
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2 wins
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1 nomination
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(27 articles)
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An under-rated, over-analyzed, forgotten, great Horror!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | Megan Turner | |
| Ron Silver | ... | Eugene Hunt | |
| Clancy Brown | ... | Nick Mann | |
| Elizabeth Peña | ... | Tracy Perez (as Elizabeth Pena) | |
| Louise Fletcher | ... | Shirley Turner | |
| Philip Bosco | ... | Frank Turner | |
| Kevin Dunn | ... | Asst. Chief Stanley Hoyt | |
| Richard Jenkins | ... | Attorney Mel Dawson | |
| Markus Flannagan | ... | Husband | |
| Mary Mara | ... | Wife | |
| Skipp Lynch | ... | Instructor | |
| Mike Hodge | ... | Police Commissioner | |
| Mike Starr | ... | Superintendant | |
| Chris Walker | ... | Officer Jeff Travers | |
| Tom Sizemore | ... | Wool Cap |
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Runtime:
102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M |
South Korea:18 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Argentina:18 |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:18 (video premiere) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16 |
Iceland:16
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Tom Sizemore's film debut.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Megan and Eugene are in the helicopter flying over the city, the red rotating beacon light is flashing in the passenger compartment where they are sitting. The red rotating beacons are located on the top and bottom of the fuselage of all aircraft and cannot be seen from the passenger compartment.
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Quotes:
Eugene Hunt:
Death is the best kick of all. That's why they save it for last.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)
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I am A huge fan of Kathryn Bigelow and Eric Red. I loved "THE HITCHER" (the OG one), "NEAR DARK", and "BODY PARTS". Who cares if there are parts that make you go, "Oh, yeah right, that doesn't really happen to a cop". It is a horror flick, it is designed as a horror flick, not a psychological Morgan Freeman cop thriller. If you can humor a story about Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves, and Killer Toy Dolls, then you can bite into a well made story about a wall street slasher running crazy in the city that uses a GUN instead of a Hook, Claw, Chainsaw, Axe, or whatever tickles you fancy. It is a Scary Movie, nothing more. Like "The Hitcher", the antagonist gets worse and worse and in the end it is a classic Goodguy-vs-Monster battle. Jamie is fantastic, Ron is superb, as always and so is Clancy Brown. A special appearance by Tom Sizmore also makes this movie a cool collector's item.
Many people confuse this movie as a cop suspense thriller and have passed judgment too harshly throughout the years. Most of Kathryn's and Eric's early movies are designed to scare you with the story itself than by using Scary Camera Tricks. It's an old flick, so don't expect any CGI. Many people simply judged it by looking at it as a psychological cop thriller. Don't go out like that. It is an authentic, original, stand-on-its-own, scary movie like "THE HITCHER" and "BODY PARTS". Watch it again as a Horror and you will know what I'm talking about. Be nice. Don't give in to hate. It leads to the Darkside.
Get off the Band Wagon and Enjoy it for what it is. Just watch it and pretend you're living in the 90's for Pete's Sake