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Blue Steel (1990)
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10/07
10/07:
Masterpieces, I have seen. Good films, I have seen. Turkeys, I have seen.
But when it comes to Blue Steel, there's simply no explanation. Hands down, it's one of the worst, stupidest pictures
I've seen in my life. The movie reeks of horrid...I mean really, really horrid...acting.
Jamie Lee Curtis fails the eye test for a female in blue. Ron Silver...wow, he gets my vote for the most annoying,
unattractive, and schizophrenic psycho with hideous-looking teeth. As I type this, I still can't get over the absurd ending
and the thought of Ron Silver hiding behind the hot dog vendor machine with his shoes showing in the middle of the street.
How can Jamie Lee Curtis' character stay awake for four or five days straight without sleep and still look good? Anybody with
common sense knows sleep deprivation for this long is a serious handicap when it comes to performance.
Oddly, at the beginning which is the stickup scene, nobody sees the gun. I mean, what the heck? It only takes
a second to recognize that it's a gun. When the robber dropped it, should it be apparent, by the clanging sound, that it's a gun
or some kind of weapon hitting the floor?
Worst of all, after everything has happened, nobody takes the word of a rookie cop seriously. Then, she gets suspended. After
that, she's promoted to the rank of detective! Brilliant! Why not name her the Chief of the Police
of the United States while they are at it?!?
All in all, Blue Steel is utter shit.