Violent police detective teaches his partner.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 22, 2010

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 27, 2003

As Perry literally descends into hell during the L.A. riots, the film takes on an eerie melancholia powered by Russell's impassioned lead.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 19, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 7, 2003

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 10, 2003

Well worth recommending.

Full Review | Feb 24, 2003

Fails to make the grade as either a gritty crime drama or an intriguing piece of historical relevance.

Full Review | Feb 24, 2003

Shelton, working from a script by David Ayer, is eager to use each and every cliché at his disposal.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 23, 2003

Harrowing and compulsively watchable morality play.

| Feb 21, 2003

The movie ends not with a bang but a wimp.

| Feb 21, 2003

Until it dissolves into conventional melodrama during a climactic fracas, this fast-paced story is never less than watchable.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 21, 2003

A flawed and melodramatic affair with echoes of Training Day and L.A. Confidential that nevertheless has the whiff of truth.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 21, 2003

A flawed film, but occasionally a haunting one.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 21, 2003

While Dark Blue may not be easy to watch, it's exceptionally well made.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 21, 2003

Dark Blue is a film of wounding power. It stays with you.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 21, 2003

While much of the action rings true in Dark Blue, and the events leading up to the riots make for a tense, eerie framework, the movie heads in a disastrous direction ...

Full Review | Original Score: .5/4 | Feb 21, 2003

Dark Blue is a bit of a mess, but like the Rodney King mess, it makes you think. Any film that accomplishes that can never be out-of-date.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 21, 2003

Gritty, gripping, a bit uneven, but Kurt Russell hits all the right notes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 21, 2003

Too many elements of David Ayers' screenplay fall flat, from individual lines to Bobby's sudden change of heart.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Feb 21, 2003

The script throws enough curveballs to raise Dark Blue slightly above the genre average.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 21, 2003