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  • Dark Blue
  • Opened February 21, 2003
  • R
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • Set in the Los Angeles Police Department in 1992, Dark Blue is a thriller that takes place just days before the acquittal of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots. In this racially-charged Read More
  • Cast: Kurt Russell, Brendan Gleeson, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Ving Rhames
  • Director: Ron Shelton
  • Genres: Crime Drama, Crime, Police Drama

Dark Blue Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Goes where all too few films dare to venture these days -- into the heart of...

  • 80
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    Shelton's harrowing and compulsively watchable morality play.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    While Dark Blue may not be easy to watch, it's exceptionally well made.

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    A film of wounding power. It stays with you.

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