True blue - L'anello mancante

What could have been and should have been is not what is.

What is - is not what you expect and what you expect is not what is.

The last few minutes of this movie are just stupid.

Watch for the train scene...

If the cops were bad from the beginning, then it would all make sense...

...but I suspect it was rewritten several times and cut so much that the script was just stupid at the end.

• and on another note...why do the single/divorced /widowed police always have to fall in love with the stripper/prostitute/witness? It's a bullshi t way to write a script that was written in the eras of the 1940's and 50's and should be done with.

The movie has a very dark feel about it. In each progressive scene the director takes the viewer deeper and deeper into the abyss of inner city corruption. The dreary mood of the film serves as an excellent backdrop for the mature subject matter being presented. The main character played by Tom Berenger, does a great job of portraying a man who is on the brink of losing it all, and sets the stage for his apparent liability. Although some of the scenes are predictable, the film does a good job of keeping you guessing as to what's coming next. Overall I found this to be an enjoyable, and entertaining film, well worth the price of a rental for an evening.

I'm unsure as to what I really think of this film. I enjoyed watching it, though it was in reality nothing special. It started rather slowly, and for the longest time you are not sure what the story is about. Are we watching Tom's character, Rem, falling in love, ruining his career, or is the film about the investigation and finding the baddy! Well neither story really worked out. The plot through out the film is complicated and about persons you don't see at all in the movie, though the ending (at least to me) was a surprise (one of this time when you think you've cracked it, but then there is one final twist!). And the love story was unbelievable and looked more like a middle aged man getting turned on by a teen. However, there was something about the film that still kept me interested, so like I say, I'm not completely clear as to how to judge it. I think what maybe kept the film both interesting and enjoyable was very good acting by Lori Heuring, playing the girl Nikki. 5/10

True Blue (2001) is typical standard fare for action film. A loose cannon police officer gets involved with a pretty young woman who may possibly be involved in case he's investigating.

Three young boys find a severed hand hanging to a boat in a Central Park pond. Rem Macy (Tom Berenger) is the investigation. The investigation will lead Macy into the underworlds of the city. Many of the local politicians are involved in the shady underground.

Nikki, the roommate of the murder victim asks to stay at Macy's place. He accepts figuring that it will be safe for Nikki. Now, Macy has to use his head and make sure other parts of his anatomy don't cloud his judgement.

True Blue has some nice twists and turns, as well as a fine performance from Tom Berenger (Major League). The film is decent enough for a viewing, but not a movie that I would rewatch.

"True Blue", just another Berenger B-flick, is a noir wannabe in which he plays a homicide detective with a past who's trying to get to the bottom of a murder mystery while trying to avoid the bottom of a blond tart involved with the case. This budget conscious flick fleshes out only half the characters in its convoluted and messy plot, relegating the other half to the backstory or endless conversation about the goings-on of a bunch of bad guys we don't get to see. "True Blue" is the kind of flick you might want to watch on late night tv when your choices are limited to vampires and old movies. (C)