Blue Steel

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Blue Steel

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1990,

1h 42m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Crime/

Drama

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When rookie cop Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) kills a convenience store robber, she does not notice when psychopathic commodities trader Eugene Hunt (Ron Silver) takes the dead man's gun. With no weapon at the crime scene, the police hold Turner accountable for killing an unarmed man. Meanwhile, Hunt uses the stolen weapon to go on a killing spree. Turner teams up with detective Nick Mann (Clancy Brown) to clear her name and catch the killer. An unexpected romance complicates matters.

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Critics Consensus

Blue Steel's increasingly over-the-top story beggars disbelief, but this cop drama is elevated by an appealing cast and Kathryn Bigelow's stylish direction.

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Roxana Hadadi

Crooked Marquee

Mar 25, 2020

What Blue Steel captured was a certain moment in the 1990s when the psychosexual thriller reigned supreme, with a blending of sensuality and menace.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Sep 7, 2011

B-

Blue Steel turns into yet another movie about Jamie Lee Curtis bravely fighting off a bogeyman. It's Halloween 1990. Still, Bigelow's talent cuts through in flashes.

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Feb 9, 2006

Short on plausibility but preserving the psycho-sexual ambiguities throughout, Bigelow's seductively stylish, wildy fetishistic thriller is proof that a woman can enter a traditionally male world and, like Megan, beat men at their own game.

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

Sep 19, 2025

3/5

This cop drama leans into all the tropes of the typical 1990s psychosexual thriller, while also turning some on their head.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Nov 2, 2022

Kathryn Bigelow has realized a film where not one frame lacks interest. [Full review in Spanish]

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

Oct 19, 2022

2.5/4

...interrogates the notion of gun worship, all within the confines of a shoot-em-up police thriller.

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Hagrid R

Nov 10, 2018

I'm almost willing to give it pass because of the impeccable direction, cinematography, and Curtis' performance. Unfortunately the screenplay is so outrageously bad that whatever potential the movie had is rendered pointless.

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Han R

Oct 9, 2018

can't believe ebert gave this a positive review. four gargantuan plot holes in the first 30 minutes regarding elementary police work. Has to be among the ten worst movies I've ever seen

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George P

Sep 11, 2018

Normally a werewolf movie will have more werewolves in it than this.

Finn W

May 9, 2018

Kathryn Bigelow's early thriller offers rock solid film-making and some genuine thrills, but doesn't break any new ground.

Kylo W

Feb 4, 2018

A pretty entertaining twist on the usual cop fare of the 90s Ron Silver and Bigelow lift the stakes in this movie and it mostly pays off.

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Leia R

May 9, 2016

A cop and serial killer thriller

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Synopsis

When rookie cop Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) kills a convenience store robber, she does not notice when psychopathic commodities trader Eugene Hunt (Ron Silver) takes the dead man's gun. With no weapon at the crime scene, the police hold Turner accountable for killing an unarmed man. Meanwhile, Hunt uses the stolen weapon to go on a killing spree. Turner teams up with detective Nick Mann (Clancy Brown) to clear her name and catch the killer. An unexpected romance complicates matters.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Oliver Stone
Screenwriter: Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red
Production Co: Vestron Pictures, Precision Films, Lightning Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.7M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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