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Black and Blue is elevated by Naomie Harris' central performance, even if the end result suffers from a simplistic treatment of topical themes.
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This is a film that pulls off the impressive trick of being gritty and cheesy at the same time. Oct 28, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
This is a film that pulls off the impressive trick of being gritty and cheesy at the same time.
Ed Potton
This is just a cops-ploitation, scream-at-the-screen picture, but I had a lot of fun with it with an audience. Oct 28, 2019 | Full Review…
This is just a cops-ploitation, scream-at-the-screen picture, but I had a lot of fun with it with an audience.
Amy Nicholson
Strong performances by Naomie Harris and Tyrese Gibson aren't enough to save this predictable and sometimes maddeningly stupid shoot-'em-up. Oct 25, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Strong performances by Naomie Harris and Tyrese Gibson aren't enough to save this predictable and sometimes maddeningly stupid shoot-'em-up.
Richard Roeper
[D]irector Deon Taylor ("The Intruder," "Traffik") keeps the action moving along at a swift enough pace to keep you on edge. Oct 25, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
[D]irector Deon Taylor ("The Intruder," "Traffik") keeps the action moving along at a swift enough pace to keep you on edge.
Weldon B. Johnson
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. Oct 25, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
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.
Leah Greenblatt
Noble intentions are up against dog-eared cliches and frustratingly, it's a battle that too often leads to us, the audience, losing. Oct 25, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Noble intentions are up against dog-eared cliches and frustratingly, it's a battle that too often leads to us, the audience, losing.
Benjamin Lee
'Black and Blue' is timely law-enforcement actioner. Nov 23, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
'Black and Blue' is timely law-enforcement actioner.
Linda Cook
... generates some moderate suspense as a cat-and-mouse thriller, although any deeper exploration of socioeconomic inequality and racial profiling feels exaggerated and heavy-handed. Nov 22, 2019 | Full Review…
... generates some moderate suspense as a cat-and-mouse thriller, although any deeper exploration of socioeconomic inequality and racial profiling feels exaggerated and heavy-handed.
Todd Jorgenson
Harris earns our empathy while playing both action hero and emotional centre, her performance deepening the context of the film, turning it into something more vibrant than you would expect. Nov 16, 2019 | Full Review…
Harris earns our empathy while playing both action hero and emotional centre, her performance deepening the context of the film, turning it into something more vibrant than you would expect.
Andrew Kendall
However, it is too bad that such hostile societal observations in Black and Blue are contained in a generic, clunky action-pack spectacle that undermines its profound presentation about police corruption and minority alienation. Nov 14, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
However, it is too bad that such hostile societal observations in Black and Blue are contained in a generic, clunky action-pack spectacle that undermines its profound presentation about police corruption and minority alienation.
Frank Ochieng
A powerful addition to the gritty, high-tension, dimly lit, dirty-cop thriller genre, which includes Kurt Russell in "Dark Blue," Denzel Washington in "Training Day," and Richard Gere in "Internal Affairs." Nov 10, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
A powerful addition to the gritty, high-tension, dimly lit, dirty-cop thriller genre, which includes Kurt Russell in "Dark Blue," Denzel Washington in "Training Day," and Richard Gere in "Internal Affairs."
Mark Jackson
In what has become trademark storytelling for director Deon Taylor, Black and Blue rises to the top of the cinematic ladder with a socially conscious commentary told within the parameters of an action thriller. Nov 9, 2019 | Full Review…
In what has become trademark storytelling for director Deon Taylor, Black and Blue rises to the top of the cinematic ladder with a socially conscious commentary told within the parameters of an action thriller.
Debbie Lynn Elias
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