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Dark Blue Director: Ron Shelton Cast: Kurt Russell, Brendan Gleeson, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele

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  • DVD Release Date: 06/24/2003
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 21,356

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Commentary with Director Ron Shelton; "Internal Affairs": 3 Features; Photo Gallery; Original Theatrical Trailer

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Side #1 -- Widescreen
1. Main Title/The Beating [2:11]
2. One Year Later [1:19]
3. The Value of Videotape [1:53]
4. The Time-Machine Test [5:04]
5. Inside Job - "In Policy" [4:04]
6. Family Vice [4:35]
7. Weeks Without Names [1:40]
8. "Your Whore is Dead" [1:08]
9. Four Bodies, One Witness [2:44]
10. Declaration of War [2:58]
11. Re-creatig the Scene [2:22]
12. The Story on Mr. Kim [3:45]
13. Fishing at the Strip Club [2:45]
14. Piece-ing it Together [2:45]
15. Racial ID [2:03]
16. A Close Enough Rematch [4:52]
17. A Deal on a Warrant [4:13]
18. "The Secret Files" [3:50]
19. The Time Invested [2:13]
20. No One Gets Out Alive [7:21]
21. A Perfect Report [3:07]
22. All in a Bad Day's Work [:56]
23. The "Dear Eldon" Letter [1:36]
24. Bobby's Choice [5:50]
25. "Cancel His Ticket" [3:15]
26. The Verdict is in [4:50]
27. Like a Whole Army [4:18]
28. Through the Riot Fog [6:08]
29. Squeezing Orchard [4:21]
30. The Final Promotion [2:11]
31. Worst-Case Scenario [9:43]
32. End Credits [2:15]
Side #2 -- Standard
1. Main Title/The Beating [2:11]
2. One Year Later [1:19]
3. The Value of Videotape [1:53]
4. The Time-Machine Test [5:04]
5. Inside Job - "In Policy" [4:04]
6. Family Vice [4:35]
7. Weeks Without Names [1:40]
8. "Your Whore is Dead" [1:08]
9. Four Bodies, One Witness [2:44]
10. Declaration of War [2:58]
11. Re-creatig the Scene [2:22]
12. The Story on Mr. Kim [3:45]
13. Fishing at the Strip Club [2:45]
14. Piece-ing it Together [2:45]
15. Racial ID [2:03]
16. A Close Enough Rematch [4:52]
17. A Deal on a Warrant [4:13]
18. "The Secret Files" [3:50]
19. The Time Invested [2:13]
20. No One Gets Out Alive [7:21]
21. A Perfect Report [3:07]
22. All in a Bad Day's Work [:56]
23. The "Dear Eldon" Letter [1:36]
24. Bobby's Choice [5:50]
25. "Cancel His Ticket" [3:15]
26. The Verdict is in [4:50]
27. Like a Whole Army [4:18]
28. Through the Riot Fog [6:08]
29. Squeezing Orchard [4:21]
30. The Final Promotion [2:11]
31. Worst-Case Scenario [9:43]
32. End Credits [2:15]

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Editorial Reviews

Set in Los Angeles during April 1992, this powerful drama of corruption and redemption begins in the days leading up to the tumultuous rioting that followed the acquittal of four LAPD officers in the Rodney King police-brutality case. Dark Blue focuses on cynical Sgt. Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell), a casually crooked cop who tries to convince his rookie partner, Bobby Keough (Scott Speedman), that you have to play as rough as the bad guys if you’re to maintain order in the streets. But Perry’s peculiar approach to law enforcement, like that of the officers on trial, has recently come under the scrutiny of Deputy Chief Arthur Holland (Ving Rhames), who has sworn to bring down Eldon’s unscrupulous superior, Captain Jack Van Meter (Brendan Gleeson). This plot, with these actors, would probably make for an entertaining movie in any event, but the backdrop of a riot-torn Los Angeles in flames gives Dark Blue’s third act an apocalyptic quality that ups the emotional ante considerably. Russell’s Eldon Perry is a flawed protagonist who sees his whole world upended in a matter of days, suddenly finding his career hanging by a thread, his captain headed for indictment and exposure, and his long-suffering wife, Sally (Lolita Davidovich), on the verge of leaving him. The consistently underrated Russell, undertaking the difficult task presented him by screenwriter David Ayer and director Ron Shelton (Bull Durham), uses his considerable skill and force of personality to make Perry a not-altogether-unsympathetic character. Squarely upon his shoulders rests the believability of the film’s explosive but improbable climax, and he rises to the occasion magnificently. Sufficiently action-packed for the most thrill-hungry cop-film fanciers, Dark Blue is in the mold of such recent hits as Training Day and Narc; concerned with things far more important than shootouts and car chases, yet as viscerally exciting as any shoot-'em-up you'll see. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble

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Dark Blueby Anonymous

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May 23, 2007: Kurt Russell deserved consideration for an Oscar with this performance. He's a life-long corrupt cop who eventually starts to see the error of his ways and attempts to set things straight. His speech at the end of the movie about his father's and his own corruption was very emotional.

Dark Blueby Anonymous

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July 15, 2003: I enjoyed the movie, but I could not help but flash back to the gauntlet scene from ''Escape from N.Y.'' and compare it to the similar scene from ''Dark Blue''.