Blue Streak (1999)

Blue Streak (1999)

5 word summary

Dimond thief poses as detective

As with most Martin Lawrence films, I enjoyed Blue Streak more when I was younger, however, I'm not saying I don’t enjoy it.

Blue Streak is probably one of my favorite Martin Lawrence films, along with What’s The Worst That Could Happen, Life, and Wild Hogs. It’s completely unrealistic and not all that well performed or even casted, but it does make me laugh.

If you get past the part of it being ridiculous (as far as realistic goes) the scenes are decently set up. If a criminal was able to do what Lawrence’s character does then these are some of the funny things that could happen and the reaction he would have had to them. At the same time, not all the parts are like this and some scenes are just kind of stupid.

Lawrence does alright for himself. He never has really been a great actor but he is sometimes pretty funny and that’s what happened here. Tolerable performance, funny lines. Sometimes he does good and has actually funny and well done lines like in Life, other times he is not funny and just annoying, like in Black Knight.

Dave Chappelle was definitely the highlight of the film. He is hilarious in almost every one of his scenes, making me wish he was in it more. Peter Greene gave basically the exact same performance as he did in The Mask, Training Day, Pulp Fiction and I'm assuming a lot of his other roles. He plays a good bad guy but nothing special. Luke Wilson was ok at best, same with the rest of the cast.

The film is only held together by the comedy. It’s an action comedy but the action is pretty clichéd. Your average gunfights and same old car chases, with some funny stuff here in there. Acting is ok, directing ok, story is pretty dumb and so on. Nothing special.

If you enjoy Martin Lawrence then you will enjoy this film. If you don’t like him don’t even attempt to watch it. I like the movie but I’ll say it’s nothing worth going out of your way to see. If it’s on TV or something and you are in the mood to have some laughs then go for it. Perhaps you will really like it.

7/10