Synopsis
A rookie cop inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
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Cast
- Naomie HarrisAlicia West
- Tyrese GibsonMilo 'Mouse' Jackson
- Frank GrilloTerry Malone
- Mike ColterDarius
- Reid ScottKevin
- Beau KnappSmitty
- Nafessa WilliamsMissy
- James Moses BlackOfficer Deacon Brown
- Carsyn TaylorJamal
- Lucky JohnsonOx
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Sure, Black and Blue is a minor film, but it’s irresistible. - 63
Slant Magazine
The film's command of action defuses concerns about whether it offers a thorough social critique. - 63
Movie Nation
I don’t want to overssell Black and Blue. It doesn’t transcend its genre. But it doesn’t waste our time, modulates its chase with alternating brisk and slow pacing, hand-held camera sprints interrupted by bursts of violence and stops, every so often, at a moral crossroad. - 60
Screen Daily
Although less convincing when it tries to say something meaningful about racism and police brutality, Black And Blue has sufficient pulp pleasures and a winning confidence in executing its modest ambitions. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
There's a tight, tense thriller in all this. Unfortunately, director Deon Taylor and screenwriter Peter A. Dowling stretch things out to a logy 104 minutes. Too often, the suspense dissipates between action scenes when it should be consistent and relentless, even in the quietest moments. - 50
TheWrap
Black and Blue is chock-full of heart-pounding car chases and suspenseful moments that are certain to entertain mainstream audiences, but the film falters when it attempts, beyond its tittle to reflect a necessary and under-discussed conversation about societal issues. - 50
Variety
Black and Blue feels imbalanced and overlong, favoring fast and repetitive chase scenes over well-calibrated tension. - 40
Empire
Not even the considerable talents of the ever watchable Naomie Harris can elevate Black And Blue above the broad and generic. The result is sadly aggressively formulaic.
