Blue Steel (1990)

Rated R

Runtime: 1 hour and 41 minutes

Genre: Crime and Drama

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Writer: Kathryn Bigelow and Eric Red

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peña and Louise Fletcher

Box Office: $8,217,997

Feedback: It's pretty much a weak film to watch, but it isn't one of the worst. There are moments that were interesting and a little intense. I like some of the main characters including Jamie Lee Curtis and Clancy Brown. They have some intriguing performances and character development.

As for plot devices, I'm having a hard time understanding of how the villain is trying to escape the legal consequences and not confessing his crimes to the attorney Mel Dawson while he is defending the villain and not much evidence was in place, which drives me nuts. I'm expecting to have a court scene with prosecutor and defense attorneys to explain about the crime incident about the villain, it doesn't happened and that was disappointing.

Overall, it was not really great.

Positives:

• Interesting character development

• Fascinating direction and style

• Climax was not bad

Negatives:

• Weak villain motivation

• Weak dialogue

• Plot devices is very aggravated

• Pacing is rushed

• Some characters are wasteful and forgettable

• Scenes that are not needed

Overall Verdict:

Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (5)

Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (4)

Dialogue/Diction 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (4)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (2)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Background Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Camera/Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3.5)

24.5/50 4.9/10