Blue Steel (1989 film)
5.6 /10 1 Votes
Director Kathryn Bigelow Initial DVD release December 3, 2002 Duration Country United States | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Action, Crime, Drama Music director Brad Fiedel Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Kathryn Bigelow , Eric Red Release date May 1989 (Cannes), March 16, 1990 (USA) Cast Jamie Lee Curtis (Megan Turner), Ron Silver (Eugene Hunt), Clancy Brown (Nick Mann), Louise Fletcher (Shirley Turner), Philip Bosco (Frank Turner), Elizabeth Peña (Tracy Perez)Similar movies The Collector , Cloverfield , Salt , The Purge: Anarchy , The Dead Pool , Death Proof Tagline For a rookie cop, there's one thing more dangerous than uncovering a killer's fantasy. Becoming it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
When rookie cop Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) kills a convenience store robber, she does not notice when psychopathic commodities trader Eugene Hunt (Ron Silver) takes the dead mans gun. With no weapon at the crime scene, the police hold Turner accountable for killing an unarmed man. Meanwhile, Hunt uses the stolen weapon to go on a killing spree. Turner teams up with detective Nick Mann (Clancy Brown) to clear her name and catch the killer. An unexpected romance complicates matters.
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Blue Steel is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver and Clancy Brown. Blue Steel was originally set to be released by Vestron Pictures and its offshoot label Lightning Pictures. But it was ultimately acquired by MGM due to Vestrons financial problems and eventual bankruptcy at the time.
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Plot
Megan Turner (Curtis) is a rookie New York City policewoman who shoots and kills a suspect (Tom Sizemore) with her service revolver while hes holding up a neighborhood market. The suspects handgun lands on the floor of the market in the shopping area as the suspect is blown backward through the front window.
As she continues to the checkout area, Turner nearly steps on the suspects handgun directly in front of Eugene Hunt (Silver), a commodities trader, who is also a latent psychopath. Hunt takes the gun and slips away, using it to commit several bloody and brutal murders over the next few days. Because the robbers weapon was not found at the scene, Turner is accused of killing an unarmed man.
While the officer attempts to clear her name with Chief Hoyt and her superiors, Hunt begins to romance the suspended Turner in a twisted love fetish. Turner arrests him but he is freed by his attorney, Mel Dawson. He begins to stalk Turner at her family home, an uncomfortable place where Turner remembers her mother being physically abused by her dad.
Turner fights to keep her badge and solve the murders with the help of Detective Nick Mann (Clancy Brown), while trying to figure out her relationship with a killer. Hunt turns up at her apartment, injures Turner and kills her best friend, Tracy. This causes Turner to have an emotional breakdown.
She spends the night with Mann, her fellow officer. Mann is ambushed by Hunt when he goes to the bathroom. Turner doesnt hear the shot because it was muffled. Hunt attacks and rapes her, and she shoots him, but he runs off. Mann is unconscious and taken to the hospital.
Determined to find Hunt and finish him off, Turner finally shoots and kills him after a long and violent confrontation and a bullet wound to her shoulder. She is then taken away by fellow police officers.
Cast
Reception
The movie gained positive reviews,garnering a "fresh" 70% rating on rotten tomatoes based on 20 reviews.
Box Office
The film was not a box office success.
References
Blue Steel (1989 film) WikipediaBlue Steel (1989 film) IMDb Blue Steel (1989 film) themoviedb.org