Blue Streak
Directed by Les Mayfield
- action
- comedy
- crime
The story
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an LAPD detective.
What it’s like
Bright, sunny Los Angeles daylight over glossy, high-saturation studio sets, with a clean commercial digital look: primary colours, polished chrome and glass, and a half-finished police precinct full of raw concrete and plastic sheeting. Camera work is brisk and conventional, with quick cuts, wide two-shots during rapid-fire banter, and plenty of slapstick framing that lets the physical comedy breathe. The score is bouncy, buddy-movie pop with cheerful percussion and horn stabs, and the dialogue is loud and riffing, so the soundtrack never really goes quiet. The vibe is breezy, boisterous and warm, the kind of cheerful, low-stakes caper that suits a lazy Saturday afternoon, a comfort rewatch, or something to put on with friends. Pacing is quick and episodic, with the central pairing of a fast-talking thief and an earnest, reluctant partner trading jokes while the heist-and-cover-up plot rolls along. Violence is cartoonish and mild: a few shoot-outs and chase scenes, some scuffles and crashes, and no gore. Language is frequent and crude, and romance is light. It's for viewers who want easy, funny, action-tinged escapism with no real menace.
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