Review of Blue Streak

Blue Streak (1999)
7/10
Flawed but still pretty good
27 August 2000
This Martin Lawrence film is really pretty good, because the story is original and the acting is good (most of the time). The only thing that really bothered me was that Martin Lawrence had to play one of those over the edge black criminals. Take for instance the way he tries to pizzaman his way into the LAPD at the beginning. Is all that stupid singing and dancing necessary?? There are some other examples like that which are like cliché stuff when there is a film about a black guy. Like the music has to be loud and hip hop and they swing on it while driving. Also why is he eating snacks during that robbery when he is not alone? Does he have to wait until he hears his partner calling. Apart from those parts (some major, some minor) this is a good film, those scenes though make it only pretty good. There are some really good scenes here though too and I especially liked the whole ending in New Mexico.

7 out of 10
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