Blue Steel (film)

Movie
German title	Blue steel
Original title	Blue steel
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1990
length	102 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Kathryn Bigelow
script	Kathryn Bigelow, ; Eric Red
production	Edward R. Pressman , ; Oliver Stone
music	Brad Fiedel
camera	Amir M. Mokri
cut	Lee Percy
occupation
	Jamie Lee Curtis : Megan Turner; Ron Silver : Eugene Hunt; Clancy Brown : Nick Mann; Elizabeth Peña : Tracy Perez; Louise Fletcher : Shirley Turner; Philip Bosco : Frank Turner; Kevin Dunn : Stanley Hoyt; Richard Jenkins : Mel Dawson; Markus Flannagan : husband; Mary Mara : wife; Mike Starr : Superintendent; Tom Sizemore : Robbers; Matt Craven : Howard;

Blue Steel is an American thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow from 1990 . It stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Ron Silver . The title refers to the bluish color of the police revolver used in the film.

action

Policewoman Megan Turner shoots a robber in self-defense on her first day at work . Since the stockbroker Eugene Hunt who happened to be present takes the criminal's weapon and it cannot be found, it is doubted whether it was self-defense.

Hunt gets to know Turner better, who becomes his lover. She soon discovers that Eugene Hunt is a psychopath who kills people with the stolen weapon. He kills her best friend, but since he was behind Turner during the crime, nobody wants to believe her that he was the culprit. Turner is accused of molesting Hunt.

Meanwhile, Turner begins a relationship with her colleague husband, who apparently believes her as the only one. After she slept with him, he was shot in the bathroom by Hunt, who had previously entered her apartment. Hunt rapes her, but manages to shoot him, whereupon he flees. Man comes to the hospital seriously injured.

Hunt visits her parents; Turner indicates that she is armed and ready to fight. She later fights Hunt and wins the fight, with Hunt first shot, then run over by Turner in a car, and after his gun is empty, shot.

Reviews

Roger Ebert compared the film in the Chicago Sun-Times from March 16, 1990 with the thriller Halloween - The Night of Horror , in which Jamie Lee Curtis also played. He described it as an "efficient thriller".

“Atmospherically dense, visually impressive thriller with an unusual arrangement of figures; an exciting and cynical reflection on 'war and love of the sexes', 'hidden' in the genre garb, which consequently leads to a series of violent, sensational showdowns. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

Jamie Lee Curtis won a prize from the French Festival du Film Policier de Cognac and the Italian Festival Internazionale del Giallo e del Mistero di Cattolica ( MystFest ) in 1990 . Kathryn Bigelow was nominated for a MystFest award.

Web links

Blue Steel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Blue Steel atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 Tape - UK Tape from Blue Steel at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

[1] Review by Roger Ebert

[2] Blue Steel. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 10, 2017 .