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Summary: Easily Martin's Best Solo Effort.
Review: "Blue Streak" is Martin's "Beverly Hills Cop", just like "Big Momma's House" is his "The Nutty Professor". So he Rips off Eddie Murphy... Get Over It, he's a funny man. (even though Big Momma was sub-par) Martin Stars as a criminal who stashes a diamond in a construction sight when he gets arrested. On his release he finds the construction sight has been turned into a Police Station. This of course provides the comedian with ample comic fodder and the audience with alot of laughs. The Supporting Cast are Great (Highlights are William Forsythe and Dave Chappelle) and the Action Set Pieces are on Par with any Big Action Film. The Pacing is Perfect so the film never lags, and the direction is spot on. Martin's Pizza Delivery Boy is the Films only weak link as that scene provides no real laughs at all, only Simpathy laughs. That scene is the reason this film gets a 4 instead of a 5. Other than that it's a near perfect Comedy.
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Summary: We've Seen This Before
Review: A familiar plot: a likeable crook, clueless cops, incompetant henchmen, and a fortune to be gained. How many times can anybody see the same thing again? This film brings nothing fresh to this situation. Lawrence tries too hard to make the weak script funny by doing what he does best, playing loud and obnoxious, and mugging. There are very few genuine laughs, and unfortunately, more than a few scenes that depict tired racial stereotypes. For Martin Lawrence fans only.
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Summary: Good start, weak follow-through
Review: A jewel thief manages to stash a stolen diamond in a building under construction before he is apprehended by the cops. He returns after two years in jail, only to find that the building is a brand new police station. It's a great premise, but the writers didn't know what to do with it, and it grows tiresome toward the end. However, Martin Lawrence and Owen Wilson keep it watchable.
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Summary: Not bad.
Review: As budy cop movies go, this one isn't that bad. Some of the characters are good, and some of the one liners are very clever. overall it is very watchable and with some clever ideas and action.
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Summary: A 2nd Tier Eddie Murphy Knock-Off
Review: As Much as I Respect The Talent Of Martin Lawrence why would he be caught doing this Eddie Murphy Reject?So Much Formula it isn't Funny.This Storyline has been done way too many times Already.
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Summary: Martin is always hilarious
Review: Before watching "Blue Streak," I had heard that it wasn't that good of a movie, but I knew that since it has Martin in it that it had to at least have a few funny parts, and I was right. Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) is a jewel thief who just got out of prison. He pretends be a cop in order to try and find the jewel that could make him millions of dollars richer. But it won't be as easy as he first thought it would. Since I had heard so many not so rave reviews about "Blue Streak," I wasn't really expecting that much out of it. There are a few parts that are flat out hilarious and the movie itself is interesting enough even when it's not funny. If you like Martin in other movies such as "Nothing To Lose" or "Big Momma's House," give "Blue Streak" a chance.
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Summary: James Berardinelli ...i loved it as you can see
Review: Blue Streak appears to be Martin Lawrence's attempt at a Beverly Hills Cop - and it's not a particularly effective one. Even though I'm not a booster of the 1984 Eddie Murphy vehicle, it nevertheless possessed one critical asset that is entirely absent from Blue Streak: energy. This movie is stillborn. In general, action/comedies are dubious enterprises, and this one makes it apparent why. When the action isn't exciting and the comedy isn't funny, the result is almost painful. Lawrence has become involved in a film that makes us acutely embarrassed for him. Lawrence's past movies have been hit-or-miss affairs. With the exception of A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, the actor/comedian has not gone solo, and this has been to his advantage. He's at his best when he has someone of equal stature and screen presence to play off of. In Bad Boys, it was Will Smith. In Nothing to Lose, it was Tim Robbins. And in Life, it was Eddie Murphy. Now, in Blue Streak, it's... Luke Wilson? I suppose the idea is that Wilson is intended to be the straight man, but Lawrence's antics are rarely amusing enough to warrant someone in that role, and the script lacks the deftness to handle anything more sophisticated than Lawrence dressing up in a disguise and acting like an idiot. The story postulates the unlikely (but nevertheless potentially amusing) scenario that lifelong thief Miles Logan (Lawrence) is masquerading as a cop to retrieve a huge diamond he hid in one of the police station's air ducts two years ago. Of course, Miles only intends for the charade to last about an hour - just long enough for him to get into the secure part of the building, find an entrance to the ventilation system, retrieve his "property," and get out - but a series of coincidences conspire against him. Almost before he realizes what's going on, he has been saddled with a strait-laced partner named Carlson (Wilson), has made his first bust, and is being promoted to lead detective in the burglary division. What's more, Miles discovers that police work isn't all that bad. Unfortunately, two characters from his past surface to put his plans in danger, and one, the oily Deacon (Peter Greene), is out for blood. The film relies heavily on Martin Lawrence for its success, but the actor is unable to deliver convincingly. Given the right material, Lawrence can be very funny (even in Nothing to Lose, a mostly-forgettable film, he had some hilarious moments), but there's nothing in Blue Streak that unleashes his comic potential. He's left floundering in a story that wants to turn him into an action hero, which he isn't. Little help is provided by the supporting cast, either. Luke Wilson (Home Fries) is bland, Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction) plays his usual role as a psycho, and David Chappelle is consistently irritating. Director Les Mayfield (Flubber) mistakenly believes that if he throws enough pyrotechnics and gunfights onto the screen, the audience will forget about things like plot and character development. Since this is a comedy, we don't expect much of either here, but, for Blue Streak to work on any level, there has to be something more substantial than the pointless, paper-thin offerings of this screenplay. The film gets bogged down in the routine, tension-free chases and shoot-outs that typically sink these kinds of productions. Towards the beginning, it briefly seems as if Blue Streak intends to do something with the premise of the crook who unwittingly becomes revered as a top cop, but that aspect is quickly relegated to background noise. Unlike Bill Murray's The Man Who Knew Too Little, Blue Streak doesn't have the gumption to stretch things to ludicrous levels. With so little to hold an audience's attention, Blue Streak is a 95-minute waste of time that will have all but the most undiscriminating viewers seeing red.
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Summary: Its got comedy, its got action, it's perfect
Review: Blue Streak is a great comedy/action movie. The movie stars Martin Lawrence (from Bad Boys) as Miles logan, a supergenious when it comes to crime. When his group decides a huge diamond from a bank that is worth $17 MILLION! One of the guys truns on them and makes the plan go wrong. Miles is the only one who gets arrested but before he did, he hid the diamond into a construction across the street. After two years of prison, Miles was finaly let out but things did not go so well. One, his girlfriend dumps him and the building that the diamond was hidden in became a police station. Now Miles has to break into a police station which happens to be the one place you would actually want to break in. Miles gets a fake ID and poses as a cop so he can retrieve the hidden diamond but it instantiousely partnered with a rookie cop, Carlson (Luke Wilson). Logan ends up having to do stuff with police department and seem to fit time to get back the diamond. One thing was for sure, Miles knows how the criminal mind works and manages to solve cases like a pro. Soon Miles has a biig case that involves finding missing drugs. Logan other problem is that he knows his old friend Deacon(Peter Green, the guy who turns on him in the beggining) is still after the diamond and knows Miles is too. Miles has to worry about things. Overall, I think Blue streak is a good comedy that you will love. Buy it cause I know youll love it.
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Summary: Federally?
Review: Blue Streak is a very entertaining film. Martin Lawrence hasn't been this funny since his birth. Blue Streak is a funny, sassy, action adventure that doesn't quit. It will hook you from the very beginning. The dvd release is appropriate, including two featurettes, music videos, and two presentations of the film (widescreen and full-screen.) The score is up-beat, and there are many memorable lines, most notable is the scene in which Martin Lawrence tries to beat a guy up, and socks him thru a glass door window, hahahahaa, cracks me up every time. The sound mix in BLUE STREAK is multidirectional, and is a pleasure to listen to in dolby digital 5.1. My favorite scene (soundwise) is the automobile chase finale. Very very FUNNY!
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Summary: A funny movie
Review: Blue streak was a good film, funny, good action scenes and a good cast. Martain Lawerance is always good in the films he's been involoved with, from House Party 1&2, Bad boys and Nothing to lose. This is not his best movie (as Bad boys would take some beating), but is one of his best and a lot better than Nothing to lose. Blue Streak is a solid film. Extra on the DVD lok well worth the purchase inluding an HBO First Look Featurette, music video's and the trailer.
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