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| Walter Hill presents Judd Nelson in Blue City directed by Breakfast Club producer Michelle Manning 1986 |
This dark horse Brat Pack outing was up for a few Razzie Awards, but
for what exactly? BLUE CITY is actually a decent action/thriller about
the son of a beloved slain mayor returning to a Florida town, Blue City,
now run (from inside a roadhouse bar) by seedy Scott Wilson...
Seeking
clues, Nelson gets back in touch with his old drinking buddy David
Caruso, who is sober, paranoid, and running a fishing boat. And what
makes this Brat a Pack in our love interest: Caruso's pretty sister,
Ally Sheedy, who becomes smitten with Judd... a former crush resurfaced.
She works at the local jail he was thrown into after a brawling bar
fight...
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| Ally Sheedy facing fellow Brat Packer Judd Nelson in the Neo Noir Action flick Blu City |
The best scenes are his gun-toting revenge against a
bevy of Wilson's thugs. In the usual action flick fashion, the underdog
is in over his head, and yet his lack of experience makes him cocky,
reckless and assertive...
"I'm new at this," Judd quips after kicking in
the door of a racetrack office during a heist. And he soon learns how to
get around, eventually finding out who killed his father... which isn't
such a shocker... but there's always a cost...
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| An angry and wonderfully overacting Scott Wilson in Blue City RATES: ***1/2 |
BLUE CITY
is colorful action Neo Noir directed by Michelle Manning, who makes
this a Brat Pack trifecta being she produced both SIXTEEN CANDLES and THE BREAKFAST CLUB for John Hughes...
And in this departure from teen
melodrama are plenty of old school cinema stuff to keep you entertained
like fist fights, gun fights, explosions, and a nifty side cast
including sexy Anita Morris as his lush stepmother and the always
watchable Paul Winfield...
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| Judd Nelson in Blue City aka Laiton Kaupunki aka Vromiki politeia |
But it's Scott Wilson's grimacing villain who
really stands out like bad guys often do in Walter Hill films, this one
produced and co-written, not directed by...
In many ways, CITY feels
like his project, although more STREETS OF FIRE than 48 HRS. Even his
stock musician Ry Cooder provides a beach-breezy score with more synth
than slide.
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| David Caruso in Blue City aka Staden bortom lagen aka Блу-сити |
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| Judd Nelson in BLUE CITY aka Cidade Corrupta aka Ciudad corrompida |
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Allan Graf and Scott Wilson in BLUE CITY
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