Thriller

Blue Steel

- For a rookie cop, there's one thing more dangerous than uncovering a killer's fantasy...becoming it.

Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant's gun from the crime scene, the police hold Turner accountable for killing an unarmed man. That same someone carves Turner's name into the bullets and uses them in a series of murders. Turner teams up with detective Nick Mann to clear her name and catch the killer. But she is drawn into a deadly game of wits with a psychopath who's always one step ahead… and much closer than she thinks!

Release Date : 1990-03-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Lightning PicturesPrecision FilmsMack-Taylor ProductionsPressman Film

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Officer Megan Turner

Original Name : Jamie Lee Curtis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eugene Hunt

Original Name : Ron Silver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Nick Mann

Original Name : Clancy Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tracy Perez

Original Name : Elizabeth Peña

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shirley Turner

Original Name : Louise Fletcher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank Turner

Original Name : Philip Bosco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Asst. Chief Stanley Hoyt

Original Name : Kevin Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attorney Mel Dawson

Original Name : Richard Jenkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Husband

Original Name : Markus Flanagan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wife

Original Name : Mary Mara

Gender : Female

Character Name : Instructor

Original Name : Skipp Lynch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Commissioner

Original Name : Mike Hodge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Superintendent

Original Name : Mike Starr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Jeff Travers

Original Name : Chris Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wool Cap

Original Name : Tom Sizemore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Counterman

Original Name : David Ilku

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cashier

Original Name : Andrew Hubatsek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doorman

Original Name : Joe Jamrog

Gender : Male

Character Name : Howard

Original Name : Matt Craven

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Announcer #1

Original Name : Reginald Wells

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Announcer #2

Original Name : Heidi Kempf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prostitute

Original Name : Toni Darling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hood

Original Name : William Marshall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maitre D'Hotel

Original Name : James Shannon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Businessman - Victim

Original Name : Thomas Dorff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Internal Affairs Man

Original Name : William Wise

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female Reporter

Original Name : Lauren Tom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lady Bum

Original Name : Faith Geer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reporter #1

Original Name : Doug Barron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter #2

Original Name : Carol Schneider

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reporter #3

Original Name : L. Peter Callender

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse #1

Original Name : Becky Ann Baker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Uniform Cop

Original Name : Frank Girardeau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Precinct Cop

Original Name : Larry Silvestri

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trial Commissioner

Original Name : John Capodice

Gender : Male

Character Name : PBA Representative

Original Name : Sam Coppola

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rookie #1

Original Name : Bellina Logan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Homicide Detective

Original Name : Ralph Nieves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helicopter Pilot

Original Name : Al Cerullo

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Perez

Original Name : Michael Philip Del Rio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Punk #1

Original Name : Harley Flanagan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Punk #2

Original Name : James Drescher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Cadet (uncredited)

Original Name : George Gerard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Man Playing Chess (uncredited)

Original Name : Jan Saint

Gender : Male

Character Name : News Anchor (uncredited)

Original Name : Reg Wells

Gender : Male

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

Though this had plausibility issues one could drive a truck through, I enjoyed this movie despite itself. I really enjoyed Jamie Lee Curtis and Ron Silver's charisma and acting, both when they were falling in love and later when they were at each other's throats. Very good soundtrack by Brad Fiedel--surprisingly, I liked it much more than Tangerine Dream's work in Bigelow's earlier Near Dark. If you can forgive the plot holes and just go along for the ride, it's a surprisingly rewarding film.

Gimly

@Ruuz

2021-06-23

Normally a werewolf movie will have more werewolves in it than this. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-10

Kathryn Bigelow did this, which stands to reason has to be pretty good. She has yet to make a movie that is unwatchable, and in the 1990s she hit her stride. And you can tell it was Bigelow, because Silver actually had a decent performance and Curtis shows her dramatic credentials and proves she is more than just a scream queen... but more importantly Ron Silver does a good job and I've only seen him deliver meh at best. But in the end, you still have to take it for what it is, a tense thriller like so many others you have seen before, but a tense thriller with some real class behind it that throws out some seriously great performances, anxiety inducing tension, and lighting that is surprisingly naturalistic for a cheap thriller. With any other director this might have been a bad movie, but Bigelow really delivers.