4 out of 10. For those who haven't seen this film, don't believe what you hear about Russell's performance. Yes, it is true that he is the only good thing about "Dark Blue", but that's not saying much. If you wanna see a bad cop played right, watch "The Shield" or "Narc" or "Internal Affairs" even. Just stay away from this. Kurt tries hard to be the angry and racist veteran cop, and he succeeds. The problem is that the script and the lines he's saying are the most clichéd and pathetic attempt at corrupt movie-copism (I know that's not a word) that I've ever seen. So instead of seeming cool he just comes across as something we've all seen and heard before in better films with better actors and better scripts. Enough about Kurt, because he's not really the problem. The problem is that every other role in this film, except for maybe the black guys who are rioting, is cast horribly. And I mean horribly. Scott Speedman needs to stay on TV or get a job as a model or something because he stinks. Michael Michelle is amazingly bad in her role. Brendan Gleeson gives a pretty good performance, but he's totally wrong for the part and Ving Rhames almost put me to sleep every time he spoke a line of dialog. You can really tell he was just in this one for the paycheck. Anyway, the 6.6 IMDb rating for this movie is way wrong. Almost as wrong as rating for "Basic". Sometimes I just wonder what you people are thinking! Bad movie. Gets 4 because Kurt Russell tries hard to no avail. Otherwise would be a 2 or 3. Oh and one more thing...Please stop making movies Ron Shelton, please. And stop writing scripts too! You'll be doing the film world a favor.
Out.
Out.