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BLUE STEEL

U.S., 1989
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Clancy Brown, Ron Silver
Approx. 102 min. 35mm.


When rookie cop Jamie Lee Curtis blows Tom Sizemore away during a robbery, his gun ends up with latent psychopath Ron Silver. And as the murders pile up, the bond between Curtis and Silver actually strengthens.

Reviews

“Penetrates the most obscure depths of a popular genre and sees what dark poetry is lurking there.”
– Dave Kehr

“So audacious in combining elements that don’t seem to belong together.”
– Roger Ebert

“For Kathryn Bigelow, it’s a breakthrough.”
– Janet Maslin, The New York Times

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