Movie Review: Black and Blue - A thriller that borrows from Training Day but cashes in on the strength of its lead
is about an idealistic rookie cop named Alicia coming across violent police corruption and struggling to survive the day as she’s being hunted by both the crooked cops and residents of the astronomically underprivileged neighborhood she patrols, who understandably hate her guts simply because of her job and the race-based brutality it represents.
What elevates the material and gives it social immediacy is in the way screenwriter Peter A. Dowling meticulously provides a structural balance that deftly explores the deep fear and distrust communities of color feel toward those who are meant to protect and serve them, while never forgetting to gradually dial up the tension and the stakes for our Hitchcockian “wrong place at the wrong time” protagonist.
The first time we meet Alicia, she’s harassed by two white policemen who immediately go for that super-non-racist cliché of “What are you doing inneighborhood?” It’s only when they realize she’s a cop that they let go. So we’re left to wonder: What would have been the outcome if she didn’t have that badge on her? Would she have survived the altercation? Director Deon Taylor doesn’t even let the opening credits finish before cutting to this scene, as if to underline the urgency of the issue.
After Alicia witnesses some bad cops led by corrupt narcotics officer Terry executing drug dealers they’re in business with in order to tie up loose ends—and records it with her bodycam—the script immediately switches into one of those simple “get from point A to point B” thrillers where the bad cops have to kill Alicia before she can make it back to the precinct. For a good thriller premise to take off, you need a clear McGuffin, a clear goal for the protagonist, and a clear conflict.
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