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True Blue (2001)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
11/20
11/20:
I was ready to give True Blue a '6' until the WTF revelation that threw the whole thing off the rails.
The only reason why I opted for the alcohol-and-smoke-filled film is Tom Berenger. His acting is solid as usual, but I wish he
had better material to work with. Honestly, what the heck happened to him?
Forget about the rest of the cast which is made up of nobodies. It's odd to see Nikki hanging around the detective so much
that she's going to serve an imminent twist. I was literally waiting for it to happen.
The plot is somewhat intriguing, but let's be real here: True Blue is as run-of-the-mill as it gets. Of course, director
J.S. Cardone, whose résumé is pure garbage, has to come up with something absurd and unpredictable to make the film more
memorable which ended up backfiring on him.
Understandably, thinking he could do it again, Tom Berenger had done similar neo-noir pictures such as
Someone to Watch Over Me, Last Rites,
Love at Large, Shattered,
Sliver, and Body Language, but they're all infinitely
better than True Blue. If anything, I'm surprised to see how much his looks had gone downhill in eight years' time.
He even looks unrecognizable in the movie poster.
All in all, instead of the original title, Truly Convoluted sounds right.