True Blue (2001)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

J.S. Cardone

Writer (WGA):

J.S. Cardone (written by)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Some crimes are impossible to solve. Some suspects are impossible to resist.

Plot:

Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond...

Plot Keywords:

Neo Noir | Blackmail | Nudity | Nightmare | Houseboat

Cast

Tom Berenger	...	Rembrandt Macy
Lori Heuring	...	Nikki
Pamela Gidley	...	Beck
Barry Newman	...	Monty
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Tiger
Leo Lee	...	Benny Lee
Richard Chevolleau	...	Toots
Alec McClure	...	Bouton
Yanna McIntosh	...	Anna
F.J. Flynn	...	C.J.
Albert Chung	...	Eddie Trang
Joseph Di Mambro	...	Joey Palo (as Joseph DiMambro)
Len Doncheff	...	Koko
Jefferson Mappin	...	Cronk
Shawn Lawrence	...	Bass

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

101 min | Spain:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Spain:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #38563)

Filming Locations:

Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Sandstorm Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When they are examining the corpse of the man who used to run an orphanage his eye twitches and he can be seen swallowing.

Quotes:

Rembrandt Macy: [to someone in a morgue] Boy, I hope I never end up on one of your slabs

A Jumbled Mess

This film was supposed to be a film noir, except that the character development of everyone except for Tom Berenger's character was flimsy. As a result, it's hard to buy the plot twists. The characters needed more development -- most noir characters are one-note, but those notes have to be played clearly. If the, say, gruff but sympathetic boss doesn't come across as sympathetic, you care less if he is killed. (Note: this is a random example, not from the film.) On a side note, the lighting (or cinematography) of this film was awful, making all of the actors look terrible. In particular, Lori Heuring, who has an asymmetrical face, was shot from an angle that made her appear in some light to have a harelip and in others to make her look like she was slightly sneering (the actress herself is extremely pretty in other films, so I think I'm right to blame the camera work). Anyway, that's a small quibble with an otherwise bad film.