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Martin Lawrence fits his role perfectly--not a bad film, but not necessarily great either. *** out of ****, 27 September 1999
Author:
Blake French (dlfspartan@aol.com) from Michigan, USA
BLUE STREAK (1999) ***
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, David Chappelle,
Graham Beckel
Director: Les Mayfield 93 minutes Rated PG-13 (for language and
violence)
By Blake French:
Martin Lawrence was born to star in movies like "Blue Streak," a film with
much energy and wit, both elements he has coming out of his ears. The film
has no major flaw in it. There are no structural problems, dialogue issues,
disruptive subplots, characterization uncertainty or tedious nuggets found
in it. The filmmakers take advantage of Lawrence being in the movie, and
have lots of fun with both him and the plot--things that make this comedy
worthy of a minimal recommendation.
The film opens with four jewel thieves, Miles Logan, Deacon, Eddie, and
Tulley, constructing a heist in the middle of a dark, cold night attempting
to steal a large diamond worth millions. Miles and Eddie sneak in the
building, that beholds the valuable rock, from the roof using a steady rope
to lure them down through the elevator shaft to their destination: a
security safe, located a few floors down. Deacon stays above assuring Eddie
and Miles' safely, while Tulley stands watch below in the getaway car.
Then, something goes wrong. While the team of bandits do indeed succeed in
breaking through the buildings security and swindle the diamond, when Miles
and Eddie reach Deacon on the roof, however, he states that he is too
greedy to spilt the value of the gem four ways, thus killing Eddie, and
attempting to finish off Miles, who is holding on to the jewel, but before
Deacon has the chance, the police arrive, and off goes Tulley in the getaway
car, leaving Deacon and Miles no way to escape except to flee to a
construction site nearby. There, Deacon manages to avoid being arrested by
the cops, but never gets his hand on the gem. However, Miles keenly hides
the jewel in the duct of this developing building, and makes note of where
he hides it. As he arrested by the police, he vows to return for the secret
treasure after his prison sentence is up--whenever that may be.
Two years pass. Miles is happy to once again be a free citizen. He returns
to his girlfriend, who, after never visiting him once in the two years he
spent in jail, dumps him without a second thought. Miles is not too
depressed, however, for he still has seventeen million dollars waiting for
his arrival at the old contraction site where he hid it. The problem: that
exact constriction site is now finished. It is a brand spanking new police
headquarters!
Miles tries desperately to enter the building, only to be rejected by
security every time. That is, however, until one of his old buddies
manufactures a false police identification for him, thus allowing him to
break into the building, and search for his beauty. This is when he becomes
involved with a crime bust that leads the police chief to believe that Miles
is a professional, experienced cop, who is then partnered up with novice
detective Carlson (Luke Wilson) to solve a criminal case. From here on out,
the film runs from high energy and action packed excitement to clumsy and
funny stunts of Logan trying to undercover the dream he once had located in
what is now his office building.
Director Les Mayfield lets the film's writers have a lot of fun with the
plot. The setup is at shaky and first a bit ridiculous, but then propels
the entire story following it though the problems it faces; when the plot
stumbles at times and forgets its purpose, the Logan character still has
reason to continue on: the 17 million dollar jewel. The filmmakers do rely a
bit much on that concept, but for the most part, the film stays clear from
too many troubles.
Just a few days ago, I screened the horror thriller "Stigmata," and ended up
not recommending it due to the fact that the film's scenes did not fit
together to create a story possible to follow. While "Blue Streak" does fit
together evenly and is distributive, if the truth be know, I would choose to
see something with a little more depth, like "Stigmata," than something as
shallow as "Blue Streak." But I feel that the majority of an audience goes
to the movies for entertainment, not for some deep, disturbing message--if
you're that kind of a moviegoer, then "Blue Streak" is for you.
Brought to you Columbia Pictures.
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