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Dark Blue (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 127
Fresh: 73
Rotten:54
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Consensus: Kurt Russell gives a good performance. Too bad there’s nothing here that you haven’t seen before.
Theatrical Release: Feb 21, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $9,059,588
Synopsis: There aren't many cops left like Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell). A member of the Los Angeles Police Department's Special Investigations Squad (SIS), veteran Perry is no stranger to the violence of the streets and the tough decisions that come... [More]
Starring: Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Ving Rhames, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Ron Shelton
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Russell fans, take note: This is probably the strongest work he's done in movies.
07/29/07
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01/26/06
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Using the real-life Rodney King mess as a backdrop is pretty tawdry exploitation.
10/15/04
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05/19/04
Top Critic While it doesn't avoid the familiar and formulaic (what cop movie does these days?), DARK BLUE was a pleasant surprise, and proved that Russell can save just about anything
05/08/04
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03/08/04
Top Critic Kurt Russell, um ator sempre subestimado, oferece mais uma performance digna de aplausos neste interessante filme cuja trama foi concebida por James Ellroy.
02/28/04
Dark Blue gets the brain working and sheds light on a controversial topic.
01/06/04
[A] gritty police drama addressing the matter of what police work does to the people who do it.
01/06/04
Top Critic Shelton only achieves the intensity he's looking for at one point, when the riots finally break out and Perry has to drive through crowds of looters.
09/07/03
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07/03/03
Dark Blue has a seamy slow-burn energy, charged by its narrative and thematic tie-ins with the 1992 Los Angeles riots and a dynamite lead performance from Kurt Russell.
06/26/03
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