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Blue Streak is exactly what you think it is. A fun, explosion filled action comedy from the 90s. It gives you exactly what it promises, no more no less. A solid, sit back and relax with your feet up movie.

I have a serious soft spot for films like this. They put you in a good mood, letting you forget your troubles for an hour and a half. Nothing game changing, but 100% as advertised. Really enjoyed this one.

Have a good one.

Blue Streak

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle and Luke Wilson

Genre: Action/Comedy/Crime

Rated: PG-13

Another great Action/Comedy buddy movie! The movie is about a bank robber named Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) who steals a crafty jewel and then hides it in a construction site where his $20 Million heist went awry. Now that he is out of jail, he wants to get the loot back! But the problem was that the place where he hid it was now the new Los Angeles Police Station. So Miles goes in as a member of the LAPD and works with Carlson (Luke Wilson) a rookie at the LAPD. So now Miles gives up being a thief and becomes a detective. One of my most favorite Martin Lawrence movies ever! One of my favorite parts was when Miles was disguising as a wacky pizza delivery man. This is one of the most successful Martin Lawrence movies plus another one of the best movies of 1999! One of the best Martin Lawrence movies ever!

BLUE STREAK (1999) ***

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, David Chappelle, Graham Beckel Director: Les Mayfield 93 minutes Rated PG-13 (for language and violence)

By Blake French:

Martin Lawrence was born to star in movies like "Blue Streak," a film with much energy and wit, both elements he has coming out of his ears. The film has no major flaw in it. There are no structural problems, dialogue issues, disruptive subplots, characterization uncertainty or tedious nuggets found in it. The filmmakers take advantage of Lawrence being in the movie, and have lots of fun with both him and the plot--things that make this comedy worthy of a minimal recommendation.

The film opens with four jewel thieves, Miles Logan, Deacon, Eddie, and Tulley, constructing a heist in the middle of a dark, cold night attempting to steal a large diamond worth millions. Miles and Eddie sneak in the building, that beholds the valuable rock, from the roof using a steady rope to lure them down through the elevator shaft to their destination: a security safe, located a few floors down. Deacon stays above assuring Eddie and Miles' safely, while Tulley stands watch below in the getaway car.

Then, something goes wrong. While the team of bandits do indeed succeed in breaking through the buildings security and swindle the diamond, when Miles and Eddie reach Deacon on the roof, however, he states that he is too greedy to spilt the value of the gem four ways, thus killing Eddie, and attempting to finish off Miles, who is holding on to the jewel, but before Deacon has the chance, the police arrive, and off goes Tulley in the getaway car, leaving Deacon and Miles no way to escape except to flee to a construction site nearby. There, Deacon manages to avoid being arrested by the cops, but never gets his hand on the gem. However, Miles keenly hides the jewel in the duct of this developing building, and makes note of where he hides it. As he arrested by the police, he vows to return for the secret treasure after his prison sentence is up--whenever that may be.

Two years pass. Miles is happy to once again be a free citizen. He returns to his girlfriend, who, after never visiting him once in the two years he spent in jail, dumps him without a second thought. Miles is not too depressed, however, for he still has seventeen million dollars waiting for his arrival at the old contraction site where he hid it. The problem: that exact constriction site is now finished. It is a brand spanking new police headquarters!

Miles tries desperately to enter the building, only to be rejected by security every time. That is, however, until one of his old buddies manufactures a false police identification for him, thus allowing him to break into the building, and search for his beauty. This is when he becomes involved with a crime bust that leads the police chief to believe that Miles is a professional, experienced cop, who is then partnered up with novice detective Carlson (Luke Wilson) to solve a criminal case. From here on out, the film runs from high energy and action packed excitement to clumsy and funny stunts of Logan trying to undercover the dream he once had located in what is now his office building.

Director Les Mayfield lets the film's writers have a lot of fun with the plot. The setup is at shaky and first a bit ridiculous, but then propels the entire story following it though the problems it faces; when the plot stumbles at times and forgets its purpose, the Logan character still has reason to continue on: the 17 million dollar jewel. The filmmakers do rely a bit much on that concept, but for the most part, the film stays clear from too many troubles.

Just a few days ago, I screened the horror thriller "Stigmata," and ended up not recommending it due to the fact that the film's scenes did not fit together to create a story possible to follow. While "Blue Streak" does fit together evenly and is distributive, if the truth be know, I would choose to see something with a little more depth, like "Stigmata," than something as shallow as "Blue Streak." But I feel that the majority of an audience goes to the movies for entertainment, not for some deep, disturbing message--if you're that kind of a moviegoer, then "Blue Streak" is for you.

Brought to you Columbia Pictures.

Personally I enjoyed this. I often just want to sit down, relax, ad watch a film that I don't have to think about and will make me laugh. This fits the bill perfectly and I throughly enjoyed it.

A lot of people wold put down this film, mostly in my opinion to make themselves look sophisticated. I think if most people were honest they would say they had liked this film, at least to a certain extent.

Really decent film and Martin Lawrence is really good in this role. Some good comedy with a good story, not every film is a classic but it can still be really enjoyable.

I really thought this movie would be another lame comedy movie but I was laughing a lot and at some moments i was at the edge of my seat. I didn't think comedy movies would have great action scenes but this one was actually decent. Even though I'm not a fan of Martin Lawrence at all he was great in this movie.

If you're a kinda person who only watches movie that touches you and just has no sense of humor then this movie isn't for you! But it's a good movie to watch with your friends and family for a great laugh.

Grade: 7/10

This vehicle for Martin Lawrence casts him as Miles Logan, a master jewel thief whose latest heist is botched due to the machinations of a greedy, evil accomplice (perennial 1990s movie villain Peter Greene). While trying to make an escape, he hides his prize - a diamond - in the bowels of a construction site. Two years later, he's out of prison, and he soon learns that the finished structure is - naturally - a police precinct. So he figures that his best chance to get inside and get the gem is to masquerade as a police detective. His unorthodox approach to law enforcement then earns him the respect of his new "colleagues".

Lawrence is reasonably funny in this flagrantly ridiculous script that is not to be believed for a second. Still, it serves up a fair amount of comedy and action, and is kept watchable by a solid cast full of familiar faces: Luke Wilson as an inept rookie detective, Graham Beckel as the supervisor in the Robbery / Homicide unit, John Hawkes and a very amusing Dave Chappelle as other participants in the robbery, William Forsythe as another of Logans' new co-workers, Nicole Ari Parker as an attorney, Olek Krupa as a big-time drug dealer, etc. Some of the brightest moments involve Lawrence and Chappelle; Wilson keeps addressing everybody as "sir", and he and Forsythe have a high old time watching as Lawrence repeatedly resorts to police brutality to manipulate suspects. There's also a priceless convenience store set piece - one of the standard routines for action fare - where Chappelle tries to hold up the place and an angry Lawrence realizes that he will *have* to act like a cop. The Logan character doesn't exactly have the finesse of Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley, as he's not as good at improvising when put on the spot. But somehow, all the clueless supporting characters in this agreeably silly story repeatedly buy his nonsense. Greene delivers another of his effective bad-guy performances that is guaranteed to have the audience booing his character.

If you're a fan of Lawrence, or the genre, or just want to relax for approximately an hour and a half without having to strain your brain, you'll probably have a good time with this one.

Six out of 10.

How watchable this film is depends almost exclusively on your tolerance of Martin Lawrence. It's pretty much entirely his movie. Wilson is just barely there at all, and the rest of the players are there to play off Lawrence(or maybe rather, for him to play off), or provide obstacles for him in his continued quest for the diamond. I'm not quite sure why exactly we should care about his character... he's not sympathetic, and his actions are all motivated by his desire to get his hands on the aforementioned former piece of coal. The action is somewhat limited, but OK. It may have gone more for comedy than excitement, well, that, or the director didn't know how to do proper action(and the end of the last bit to feature it came out of nowhere). The plot is decent, I guess. The acting varies. Chapelle... you wouldn't know he was funny, from this(he certainly was in Robin Hood: Men in Tights). Greene, well, all you have to do to know the guy can play an unsavory character is watch either Pulp Fiction or The Mask. The music selection is, if nothing else, fitting. Some of the humor is gross-out comedy, and, while it could have been worse(which it probably would have been, had they not been trying for a PG-13... how they got it, I do not know, there was profanity enough), seemed... unnecessary. I recommend this to... fans of Martin Lawrence. 6/10

I dont know why this movie is hated by so many people. It's funny, action packed and Martin Lawrence and the rest of the cast give good performances. Sure it's pretty unbelievable but so are most movies out there. Also, the film has a solid car chase scene at the end which is a solid way to end a fine film. The opening heist scene is also pretty good as well, a good way to start the film. Also the shootout at the grocery store is very funny, as well as several other scene's. Highly Recommended, for anyone who likes action-comedies. 4/5

A pretty good Martin Lawrence comedy, with some great one liners and a decent plot. Comedy was there throughout and the storyline was fairly well developed.

Martin Lawrence and Luke Wilson are very funny, I loved some of the scenes like the interrogation and Wilson's character trying to be respected, quite funny.

However, the villain was quite poor and not nearly fun enough for such a film. Also, the camerawork wasn't very good in my opinion and the plot was quite poor.

5/10: All in all quite a funny film, not amazingly well made and I won't view it a second time but has its moments nonetheless

This film made me laugh from beginning to end only because of the great actor and comic, Martin Lawrence(Miles Logan),"Bad BoysII",'03, who is a bank robber, winds up hiding a large diamond gem in the heating ventilation of the LAPD Headquarters. Miles is very comical getting into jail and getting out and then trying to find this diamond gem after spending two(2) years in prison. Words cannot completely describe this great entertaining film. Luke Wilson, (Carlson),"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle",'03, is a great supporting straight man for Miles and the two of them made this a great worth viewing. Martin Lawrence is destined to become a great Super Star of the Future!

I really like Martin Lawrence. I think he is hilarious. When he had a supporting role in Boomerang, he was the best part of the film. When he teamed with Will Smith in Bad Boys, the result was TNT. Their chemistry together made the film as funny and successful as it was. But when you put him in a film that has one of the sorriest excuses for a script that I have seen in some time, no matter how much of a genius he is, it is not enough to save the movie from disaster. I really get bothered by films like this because someone along the Hollywood chain actually read this script and thought it was funny enough to invest money into it. And I wonder what Lawrence actually thought when he read it. My best guess is that he took one look at it and thought that he could do what Jim Carrey did with Ace Ventura, take the "script" and put his own brand of humour in it. And while that worked for Carrey, there was no way in hell that it was going to work for this film. No way!

I'll dissect some simple silly scenes for you and then maybe you can decide for yourself. Lawrence's main nemesis is an old robbery buddy that thrives on greed. He finds out Lawrence's scam and decides he is going to wait for him to make a move and then grab the diamond for himself. So as soon as he sees the "white truck" leaving the police station ( followed by about 8 police cars ) he decides to follow it and snatch the diamond from Lawrence. Okay, let's see: first of all, how did he know that Lawrence was going to be in that particular truck, secondly, why would he follow the truck when there is a harem of cops following it as well. These are just small points that perhaps you overlook in a film if the film itself is good. But when it is as pathetic as this one is, every fault, every glitch stares out at you like a full moon on a clear night. Lawrence does what he can with the script but he is outmatched by sheer idiocy and there is nothing he can do about it. I won't even go into the fact that his cover would have been blown in about a day, and that is being kind.

Blue Streak is an amateur production at best. It sinks in it's own slush and it is a film that never should have been made. I think it's really sad when you see what depths the film industry has sunk to to get a film in the can and out into the market. I have to admit that this summer there were quite a few films that surprised me. Usually summer blesses us with maybe two or three good films, but this time I can count about ten that were quite good. You can add this film to one of the biggest disappointments, and considering it had a great trailer, it makes it that much more depressing. So here is my advice to two of the abominations that came out this summer. I think the makers of the trailers for The Haunting and Blue Streak should pitch an idea to the studios and tell them that they will direct. After all, the makers of the trailers for those two movies are brilliant people. They made me want to see their films. It's just too bad that the rest of the film couldn't follow in their footsteps.

"Blue Streak" is an enjoyable film that stars one of the funniest comedians in the business, Martin Lawrence. Lawrence is teamed with Luke Wilson as they take on the bad guys using humor.

From the very beginning, I knew that "Blue Streak" would be funny and interesting. The only requirement was to sit back and relax so the movie can carry me through. The story was quite unique having a thief pretend to be a police detective determined to collect a jewel left behind from a previous heist.

To make the plot better and more interesting the writers make Lawrence's character in charge of the burglary division. Wilson didn't really add to the story and seemed to fill a role of sidekick. It was a pleasure to see William Forsythe in a role that did not have playing a villain. Overall, "Blue Streak" worked for me.

This is a watchable and moderately entertaining film. It appear to develop along the lines of Eddy Murphy films although it is not quiet as entertaining. I would recommend it as a film to see if there is nothing else on or if you've seen everything else currently on release.

Ok, it isn't a brilliant movie and won't have you splitting your sides with laughter, but this movie isn't all that bad. There are some funny moments - some unfunny but meant to be funny moments too admittedly - and a reasonable premise making for a moderately entertaining effort. Wilson was underused and Lawrence generally did a good effort (pizza boy notwithstanding) but one thing doesn't gel. It all started out quite promisingly, and the first 2/3 of the movie hung together fairly well - but the whole drug dealer stuff was stupid and meaningless. The only purpose it served was to get them to the border. Surely this could have been done in a cleverer way? Anyways, not bad but it can wait until video. My vote 6/10

And it all can be viewed as one person actually ... and while I do like Martin Lawrence overall (seems like a cool and funny Dude), there are quite a few scenes where he is quite annoying. Not to mention breaks any form of reality or strain of it. Then again, you might not care of how ridiculous certain things are and just enjoy the comedy and action parts of it. But towards the end when this turns quite dark, maybe even you may not be too sure about the tone the movie has ... because it's switching a lot.

But the actors in this really help anyone who's watching this to enjoy it quite a bit. Go ahead and if you don't mind its many flaws and really stretches when it comes to logical human behavior (not to mention the complete laughable attitude of a certain precinct) ... fun is ahead and waiting for you

This movie I place in my "OK" for a fun night category. Not a movie that I consider making a lot of awards (and maybe it wasn't supposed to anyway)....but...Martin Lawrence is good for a laugh and there were enough funny lines and circumstances.....the acting was at times a little over done and excessive BUT hey, its a movie....

So, certainly..not a must see and more like a wait for the video to come out see movie....

This movie really delivers in the laughter department and succeeds as a vehicle for star Martin Lawrence. In the film, Lawrence plays a thief who steals a diamond and manages to hide it in a building structure before being caught and sent to prison for two years. Upon his release, he finds that the building is now a police station, and he has to impersonate a cop to get in and claim his prize. That is where the real fun stuff begins. The movie is funny.

*** out of ****

It's been a while since the family have seen a lighthearted comedy. For the most part its got an over the top quality to the humour but some of the characters in the movie are also quite serious which helps to balance out the overacting of Martin Lawrence in this role. At times, I feel he tunes up the overacting a little too much and the ridiculousness begins to seem a little bit out of place for his own character, but despite that the movie remains enjoyable throughout.

This was a film that the family enjoyed, but there were some moments in it where we looked at each other a bit awkwardly. Whilst there was no nudity or sex, there were some crude dialogues that were a little awkward to watch with family. There were one or two brief sexually charged comedy scenes too. I would recommend avoiding subtitles off as a lot of the inappropriate dialogue can pass without notice that way - just sounds like slang, but when spelled out it's quite bad. Also, technically our main character is a basic thief, but he is presented as the good guy. A moral consideration for parents.

I watched this on DVD and the print was actually quite good when played on my PlayStation 4 and upscaled with my 4K TV. I don't think this movie really demands anything more than a DVD; Just an enjoyable quick watch for the story and funny moments.

Good premise -- robber decides to pose as a cop to recover the proceeds of his last heist -- should have provided lots of great material. Good opening sequence. Writing falls short, acting (Lawrence) is often forced, and payoffs are few and far between. Soundtrack is uneven, and just plain loud in the final portion of the film. In the end no new ground is covered and what was covered has been done better in the past.

Stick a copy of Beverly Hills Cop in the VCR and bank the cost of admission.

I know that many people may not like this movie, but I thought it was very good. The plot was very simple and unique, the characters performed well, and the movie itself was very entertaining. There were some funny and memorable parts, including the famous oodles of noodles scene. In my opinion the funniest character in Blue Streak was Sulley. All of his parts were funny, and I feel he expressed his part very well. I recommend that you see this movie before Blue Streak 2 comes out in 2002. Overall, 8 of 10.

Almost all Martin Lawrence's movies fail at delivering something original or decent plot wise. So I wasn't expecting to be impressed by this movie. Honestly, the only redeeming quality to this movie was Martin's hilarious performance in this entire movie! That itself was enough for me to keep me watching this. I will admit, I did chuckle at a lot of scenes! But I still would recommend it to friends!

Movie: Average Humor: Excellent