| Buy the DVD |   |
| Buy the VHS | |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Rating: | PG13 |
| Length: | 1 Hour 34 Minutes |
| Cast: | Les Mayfield, Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene |
An always engaging and frequently hilarious cop comedy, Blue Streak provides erstwhile sitcom star Martin Lawrence with his most satisfying big-screen showcase to date. He plays Miles Logan, a master thief who impersonates a cop in order to penetrate the police station where, several years prior, he hid a $17 million diamond just before getting carted off to prison. Logan's efforts to maintain a convincing front while searching for the hidden jewel generates the film's laughs. Director Les Mayfield (Encino Man) gives the star plenty of leeway, and Lawrence invests his swaggering, street-smart heist artist with the same brash manner and manic energy that first endeared him to TV audiences. Best of all, he lampoons the type of indestructible cop that's become a fixture in action movies; no clich‚ is left unspoofed. Shoot-outs and car chases pep things up, and the supporting players are uniformly fine, but Blue Streak is essentially pure, undistilled Martin Lawrence at his sparkling best. Ed Hulse
|
|
|
|
