Dark Blue

Starring: Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman Director: Ron Shelton Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 13th October, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Dark Blue is a 2002 film directed by Ron Shelton. Sworn to protect / Sworn to serve / Sworn to secrecy Set in the Los Angeles Police Department in April 1992, the movie is a thriller that takes place just days before the acquittal of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King & the subsequent L,A. riots. In this racially-charged climate,the LAPDs elite Special Investigations Squad is assigned a high-profile quadruple homicide. As they work the case, veteran detective Eldon Perry, known for his tough street tactics & fiery temper, tutors SIS rookie Bobby Keough in the grim realities of police intimidation & corruption. Meanwhile, Assistant Chief Holland, the only man in the department willing to stand up to the SIS, threatens to end Perrys brand of singlehanded justice on the Los Angeles streets. While navigating through the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L,A. Perry & Keough must track down cold-blooded killers & face their own demons, which prove to be more ruthless than the criminals they pursue. Dark Blue   at the Internet Movie Database. Posters Of Dark Blue

The Rodney King riots of April 1992 hang like a keg of dynamite over Dark Blue, a crackling tale of Los Angeles police corruption that gives Kurt Russell one of the best roles of his underrated career. Adapted by Training Day screenwriter David Ayer from a story by L.A. Confidential novelist James Ellroy, the plot finds Russells rule-bending detective teamed with a promising young partner whose ethics have yet to be tainted. Their boss is a lawless maverick, manoeuvring the unwitting detectives into covering up a lucrative robbery scam, while L.A.P.D.s Deputy Chief campaigns to bring them all down.

While adhering to familiar cop-thriller formula, director Ron Shelton escalates tension with forceful impact, drawing a climactic parallel between the King riots & the fallout from Russells cynical behaviour. Its a powerhouse combination, allowing Russell to find shades of complexity in a character who realises, almost too late, that hes a devil in the hell of LA. ,

Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor. He is the son of Bing Russell, also an actor. Russell started his film career at the age of 10 in an uncredited part in the movie It Happened at the Worlds Fair & was soon signed to a ten year contract with the Walt Disney Company, reportedly by Walt Disney himself. He starred in many Disney films such as Follow Me, Boys!, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes & The Strongest Man in the World. Russell also had a baseball career. In the early 1970s, Russell played second base for the minor league franchise of the California Angels. He led his league in hitting with a .563 batting average. During a play, he was hit in the shoulder by another player running to second base. The collision tore the rotator cuff in one of Russells shoulders. The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 & he returned to acting. Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for the made for television movie Elvis. Posters Of Kurt Russell

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